Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Equities market took another bearish slide as the NSE All Share Index (ASI) dipped 0.4% today. Performance was largely on account of sell pressure on ZENITHBANK (-2.0%),UNITYBNK (-2.8%) and FORTE OIL (-3.2%). Market capitalization also shed N49.6bn thereby shrinking to N11.3tn. Equally, Market activity weakened as volume and value traded declined 1.2% and 15.1% respectively after 306.5m units of shares worth N5.2bn were traded. The Insurance…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — At the sound of the closing bell today, the Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index (ASI) dipped 0.3%. This was on the back of decline in highly capitalized stocks especially in the banking sector such as ETI (-2.2%), STANBIC (-2.1%) and FBN HOLDINGS (-1.7%). Market capitalization shed N33.1bn to settle at N11.4tn. On the contrary, market activity improved as volume and value traded advanced 49.1% and 173.4% to…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Nigerian Equities Market closed flat today as the benchmark index -All Share Index (ASI) held steady at 33,381.45 pts after easing 1bps. Similarly, market capitalization shed N1.1bn firming at N11.4tn. Price appreciation in Banking and Oil and Gas heavy weights such as ZENITH (+2.1%) ETI (+2.0%), FORTE OIL (+5.0%) and SEPLAT (+5.0%) were countered by losses in Industrial and Consumer Goods majors such as DANGOTE CEMENT (-0.8%) and…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The Nigerian All Share Index inched up 0.4% to 33,384.59 points. Market capitalization also rose N43.2bn to berth at N11.4tr at the close of market. Today’s performance was majorly driven by price appreciation in key counters such as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+1.7%), DANGOTE CEMENT (+0.3%) and UBN (+2.7%). However, market activity softened as volume and value eased 28.8% and 21.0% to close at 278.1m units and N3.8bn respectively. Sell offs…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Equities market extended losses to the fourth consecutive session, declining 0.6% to close at 33,257.90pts. Similarly, market capitalization shed N68.5bn to settle at N11.4tn. Poor performance in the market was consequent on value depreciation in Banking and Consumer Goods bellwethers — FBNH (-4.8%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.3%). On the contrary, market activity measured by volume and value traded rose 91.6% to 390.5m units and 13.6% to N4.9bn respectively. All sector…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — There seems to be no respite for the Nigerian Bourse, as the benchmark Index – All Share Index dipped further, losing 5bps to berth at 33,460.50 points. Today’s negative close was broadly due to sell offs in CADBURY (-5.0%), SEPLAT (-4.3%) and OANDO (-3.9%). Market Capitalization further reduced, declining N6.1bn to dock at N11.4tn. On the contrary, market activity strengthened as volume and value traded appreciated 5.1% and…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The Nigerian Bourse slipped further at the close of market today as the NSE All Share Index (ASI) shed 0.4% to close at 33,478.42 points. The decline in the benchmark index today was on the back of price depreciation in bellwethers such as DANGOTECEMENT (-1.1%) and ZENITHBANK (-2.0%). Today’s market activity was marked by 13.0% decline in volume traded to 194.0m units and 13.0% increase in value traded to…