African Stock Markets

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The All Share Index shed 0.2% to close at 29,697.12 pts after the positive close (+0.5%) recorded in the previous session. Principally, price depreciation in GUARANTY (-4.5%), ZENITH (-1.8%) and STANBIC (-2.8%) dictated the direction of the benchmark index. At the close of trading, YTD return of the ASI settled at -20.1% with the market capitalization settling at N9.5tn after having lost N16.1bn. Market activity also weakened as volume…

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — After reaching the lowest point since February 2015 in the prior session, the Nigerian equities market rebounded today following cuts in MPR (from 13.0% to 11.0%) by the monetary authorities yesterday. The All Share Index rose 0.5% to settle at 27,743.92pts today. Investors gained a total of N52.3bn as market capitalization increased to N9.5tn. Market activity was mixed as volume and value traded closed 203.8m units (+15.6%) and N2.8tn…

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa —  The benchmark index of the Nigerian stock market shed 0.9% today to berth at 27,596.81pts. This dragged YTD loss to a distressing 20.4%, the highest loss since 13th February 2015. Market capitalization declined N84.8bn to N9.5tn. Market activity on the other hand improved; volume and value traded rose to 176.4m (+14.0%) and N3.1bn (+38.0%) respectively. All key sector indices were also down. The Industrial Goods sector recorded 1.6% loss…

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — There seems to be no respite for the Nigerian Equities market at the moment as the bearish run was extended to the 6th trading day, today. The Benchmark Index -All Share Index- depreciated 1.0% to close at 27, 843.55points. The poor performance today was broadly driven by sell-offs in NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-4.2%), ZENITH (-3.0%) and GUARANTY (-2.1%) as market capitalization fell N9.9bn to N9.6tn. However, market activity level strengthened…