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Equities Market Extends Downtrend By N268bn

by Olushola Bello
1 year ago
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The domestic equities market,yesterday, extended losses from the previous session, bringing the overall capitalisation down by N268 billion.

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Accordingly, the All Share Index (ASI) lost 475.18 points, representing a loss of 0.48 per cent to close at 98,228.50 points. Also, market capitalisation shed N268 billion to close at N55.555 trillion.

The downturn was impacted by losses recorded in medium and large capitalised stocks, amongst which are; Dangote Sugar Refinery, FBN Holdings (FBNH), Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), NASCON Allied Industries and Transnational Corporations (Transcorp).

Also, investor sentiment, as measured by market breadth closed negative as 15 stocks advanced, while 28 declined. Japaul Gold & Ventures, May & Baker Nigeria and Presco recorded the highest price gain of 10 per cent each to close at N2.09, N6.60 and N291.50 respectively, per share. 

FTN Cocoa Processors followed with a gain of 8.16 per cent to close at N1.59, while Wema Bank rose by 7.28 per cent to close at N8.10, per share.

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On the other hand, Unity Bank led the losers’ chart by 10 per cent to close at N1.62, per share. FBNH followed with a decline of 9.91 per cent each to close at N25.45, while Champion Breweries declined by 9.78 per cent to close at N3.32, per share.

Livestock Feeds depreciated by 9.71 per cent to close at N1.58, while Wapic Insurance declined by 9.33 per cent to close at 68 kobo, per share.

Meanwhile, the total volume traded increased by 0.93 per cent to 425.664 million units, valued at N8.349 billion, and exchanged in 9,620 deals. Transactions in the shares of United Bank of Africa (UBA) topped the activity chart with 102.233 million shares valued at N2.675 billion. Access Holdings followed with 49.180 million shares worth N878.406 million, while Transcorp traded 30.139 million shares valued at N394.749 million.

Japaul Gold & Ventures traded 28.754 million shares valued at N59.060 million, while AIICO Insurance sold 22.648 million shares worth N22.779 million.

 


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