Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse halted three days uptrend, easing 0.4%to close the day at 33,602. 67 points. Losses recorded in UNION BANK (-4.8%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.3%) and DANGOTE CEMENT (-0.6%) were largely responsible for today’s decline. Also, market capitalization moderated by N40.3bn to berth at N11.5tn. Market activity weakened on 2.8% and 25.1% depreciation in volume and value traded after a total of 222.9m units of shares worth N3.6bn…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Nigerian Equities market extended bullish run to the third consecutive day gaining 0.3%. Hence, the Benchmark Index settled at 33,720.6 points. This positive performance was broadly driven by price appreciations in GUINNESS (+10.1%), FORTE OIL (+2.9%) and DANGOTE CEMENT (+0.6%). Consequently, market capitalization increased by N33.8bn to berth at 11.5tn. Market activity was however mixed as volume traded declined 5.7% while value traded appreciated 28.1% to settle at…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- Nigerian equities rebounded from a three-day losing streak as the All Share Index (ASI) closed 28bps up at 33,556.35 points while Market Capitalization added N32.1bn to berth at N11.5tr. Sustained positive investors sentiment for Consumer Goods stocks — NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+1.5%), NESTLE (+0.2%) and PZ (+8.7%) as well as bargain hunting in Banking large caps — ZENITH (+3.5%) and GUARANTY (+0.4%) majorly accounted for the positive close of the benchmark…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian bourse slips 0.1%, trending southwards for the third consecutive session as bearish sentiment colored Banking and Industrial Goods bellwethers. However, market activity improved significantly as volume traded jumped 160.0% even as value traded rose 50.1% to 588.2m and N4.1bn respectively. The Banking index declined the most, down 1.6% majorly due to losses in ZENITH (-3.3%), GUARANTY (-1.6%) and STANBIC (-3.6%). Similarly, the Industrial index shed 0.2% on 0.4%…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- Investors’ sentiment on the Nigerian bourse remained weak today as equities slipped further into the negative territory. The All Share Index (ASI) trended south, closing 29bps weaker at 33,492.17 points, hence bringing cumulative losses in June to 2.4%. This followed extended selloffs recorded in Banking and Oil and Gas stocks — GUARANTY (-1.3%), FBN HOLDING (-1.7%), UBA (-2.4%), FORTE OIL (-0.8%) and OANDO (-1.2%). Similarly, market capitalization shed N33.5bn to…