The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) closed negative amid buying and selling interest as bears dominated proceedings, weighing on the broader market by 13 basis points. The All-share Index (ASI) depreciated by 0.13% to close at 49,475.42 points.
Along the same lines, market capitalization fell by N35 billion to close at N26.690 billion, while year-to-date (YtD) returns came in at 15.82%. The stock market has risen by 6,764.98 basis points since the start of the year.
At the sector level, 1 of the 5 main indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX Banking) closed negative at 1.39%, while the consumer goods and insurance indices fell by 0.02% and 0 respectively, 65% while NGX Industrial and Oil and Gas remained stable.
Market indices
- NGX UPS: 49,475.42 points
- Previous UPS: 49,540.48 points
- % day change: 0.13%
- %YtD: 15.82%
- Market capitalization (N): 26,686 billion
- Volume: 107,494,742
- Value (N): 1.15 billion
- Offers: 3,303
NGX Top ASI Winners
- NEM up +8.97% to close at N5.59
- ACADEMY up +6.80% to close at N2.20
- JAPAULGOLD up +3.70% to close at N0.28
- CADBURY up +3.00% to close at N13.75
- WEMABANK up +1.76% to close at N3.46
NGX Top Losers ASI
- REGALINS down -7.41% to close at N0.25
- UNITYBNK down – %6.80 to close at N0.40
- ACCESSCORP down -5.14% to close at N8.30
- CORNERST down -4.76% to close at N0.60
- UBA down – 4.70% to close at N7.10
Top 3 by volume
- FBNH – 12,022,629
- ZÉNITHBANQUE – 11 969 523
- ACCESS CORP-11,350,050
Top 3 by value
- ZENITHBANK – N235 913 370.70
- MTNN-N133 393 504.50
- GTCO – N131 549 440.40
