Nigerian Equities Market Closes Positive +0.13% as Bargain Hunting Resumes

November 28, 2019/InvestmentOne Report

The Nigerian equities market closed positive today as NSE-ASI rose by 0.13% to close at 26,824.50pts.

Similarly, in today’s trade, market breadth index was positive with 19 gainers against 13 losers

CADBURY (+10.00%) was the top gainer while CILEASING (-9.85%) led the loser’s chart today.

LAWUNION (-1.52%)  was the most actively traded stock with about 151million units of shares worth about N91million. 

Sector Performance 

·         NSE Oil & Gas Index: Closed up by 0.68%, on the back of the increase in OANDO (+6.29%).

·         NSE Banking Index: Gained 0.65%, as a result of the buy-interests in FBNH (+4.69%), ACCESS (+2.23%), UBA (+1.43%), STERLNBANK (+1.04%) and ZENITHBANK (+0.54%).

·         NSE Consumer Goods Index: Shed 0.30%, due to the declines in CADBURY (-8.16%), UNILEVER (-1.84%) and DANGSUGAR (-0.68%).

·         NSE Industrial Index: Fell by 0.14%, due to the loss recorded in DANGCEM (-0.42%). 

Performance of key stocks 

S/N

Stock

Current Price (N)

1-day change (%)

Week to date change (%)

1

ACCESS

9.15

2.23%

-8.96%

2

DANGCEM

143.00

-0.42%

-0.97%

3

FBNH

6.80

4.62%

-9.33%

4

FIDELITYBK

2.00

0.50%

0.00%

5

GUARANTY

30.05

0.50%

2.21%

6

MTNN

118.00

0.00%

-1.67%

7

UBA

7.10

1.43%

-5.33%

8

SEPLAT

549.70

0.00%

0.00%

9

ZENITHBANK

18.60

0.54%

-0.27%

10

OKOMUOIL

49.65

0.00%

-9.73%

 The equities market closed up today as result of the gains recorded in Oil & Gas and Banking sectors. We still maintain our view that investors should take positions in quality names with a medium to long time investment horizon as prices remain attractive at current levels.

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