Market Watch

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigeria All Share Index continued the southbound course today to extend losses to the 4th trading session. The index dipped 6bps to 28,203.20pts while YTD loss remained 18.6%. Bellwethers that furthered the decline in the benchmark index were NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-0.5%), OANDO (-5.0%) and GUARANTY (-0.4%). Investors lost N5.6bn as market capitalization closed at N9.7tn. Market activity showed mixed signals today; volume traded increased 21.8% to 175.0m units…

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The bears’ hold on the Nigerian bourse was tightened today as the All Share Index trended further southwards, losing 0.5% to settle at 28, 219.44 points, an 11-week low. The poor performance of the market today was broadly driven by the persistent sell-offs in NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.5%) as well as losses in FORTE OIL (-5.0%) and STANBIC (-4.9%). Capitalization in the market also depreciated N45.3bn to berth at N9.7tn….

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The bearish sentiment in the Nigerian Bourse continued as sustained sell-offs drove the All Share Index down 0.6% to berth at 28,351.28 points. The negative performance today was broadly driven by losses in  FBNH (-7.5%),  GUINNESS (-5.0%) and  NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-2.4%) even as market capitalization fell N62.4bn to N9.7tn. Activity level in the market was mixed today as volume traded dipped 35.7% to130.0m units while value traded appreciated 129.2%…