Nigerian equity capital

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The release of negative inflation numbers (Headline 9.2% y/y) further dampened investors sentiment today(ASI –0.81%), extending the index loss for the tenth consecutive session. Tier I banks were the most hit as investors offloaded shares of Zenith(-3.97%), Guaranty(-1.53%) and FBNH(-1.52%). On the flip side, a combination of foreign buying and thinning offers helped lift prices of ETI(+2.69%) and UBA(+2.38%). Consumers were also down, Flourmill(-4.85%), NB(-0.60%) and UACN(-0.73%) dropped amid…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Overall market performance indicators, the NSE All Share Index and market capitalisation, declined by 0.32% each to 31,628.20 points and N10.80 trillion respectively. This was amid a 38% increase in the total value traded N5.4 billion, with commercial banking giant, Zenith Bank accounting for over 50%. Dangote Cement and Nestle Nigeria accounted for about 25% and 8% of the total value traded respectively. Commercial banking concern, Unity Bank…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse capped off a week of poor performance by extending its bearish run to the last trading day of the week. The All Share Index fell 0.1% to close at 31,729 points. The market was dragged by losses in UNILEVER (-5.0%), FORTE OIL (-2.8%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-0.7%). A total of N8.8bn was lost by investors as market capitalization declined to N10.8tn. However, market activity was…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Sell-offs in the Nigerian Equities market moderated today causing the broader index to close at 31,768.23pts after dropping 82bps. Following the trend, market capitalisation also dipped N90.0bn to N10.8tn. The decline in index was due to the losses sustained in Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods blue chips — FORTE OIL (-5.0%) and GUINNESS (5.0%) respectively. Conversely, market activities measured by the volume and value of shares traded…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The NSE All Share Index (ASI) shed an additional 1.1% to close at 32,031.73pts. Today’s decline in index was against the losses recorded in OANDO (-4.9%) and UBA (-4.2%). Similarly, market capitalisation dipped N119.0bn to settle at N10.9tn for the day. Market activities equally decreased as volume declined 10.7% to 194.0m units while value also dropped 2.4% to close at N2.9bn. Consumer Goods and Banking Sectors Shed Points for…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The sell pressure on the Nigerian bourse continued as the All Share Index (ASI) dipped 0.2% to close at 32,380.26pts. This drove 1-Week performance and YTD return to -3.2% and -6.6% respectively. Following the trend, investors lost N21.8bn at the close of trade, bringing market capitalization to N11.1tn. Today’s decline was broadly driven by further depreciation in Banking and Consumer Goods bellwethers – UBA (-6.2%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The Nigerian bourse opened the week negative consequent on the 0.3% loss recorded as the NSE All Share Index settled at 32,447.05pts. Today’s market performance was dragged majorly by price depreciations in bellwether stocks such as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.3%), ZENITH BANK (-1.9%) and GUINNESS (-3.2%). However, market activities as measured by volume and value were positive. Volume and value advanced by 12.3% and 7.6% to close at 155.6mn and…