Nigerian Stock Exchange

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…

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…