Nigerian Equities Market Inch Down -0.03%, Dragged by Losses in Consumer Goods Sector

L – R shows Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Ms. Mary Uduk, Acting Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Otunba Abimbola Ogunbanjo, The President of the National Council of the NSE; Dr. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning; and Dr. Sarah Alade, Special Adviser to the President on Finance and Economy during the visit of the Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to the Exchange on Monday in Lagos.

February 25, 2020/InvestmentOne Report

The Nigerian equities market closed negative today as NSE-ASI lost 0.03% to close at 27,033.10pts

In today’s trade, market breadth index was negative with 20 losers against 8 gainers.

SKYAVN (-9.75%) was the top today loser while LAWUNION (+10.00%) led the  gainers’ chart.                                                                                                 

ZENITHBANK (-0.26%) was the most actively traded stock with about 43million units of shares worth about N827million.  

Sector Performance 

·           NSE Consumer Goods Index: Lost 0.38%, due to the declines in NB (-2.13%) and HONEYFLOUR (-2.04%).

·           NSE Banking Index: Was up by 0.11%, as a result of the buy interests in FBNH (+2.83%), and ACCESS (+2.27%).

·           NSE Industrial Index: Closed flat

·           NSE Oil & Gas Index: Closed flat 

Performance of key stocks 

S/N

Stock

Current Price (N)

1-day change (%)

Week to date change (%)

1

ACCESS

9.00

2.27%

-4.26%

2

DANGCEM

170.00

0.00%

0.00%

3

FBNH

5.45

2.83%

-5.22%

4

FIDELITYBK

2.05

0.00%

-4.21%

5

GUARANTY

26.80

-0.37%

-4.11%

6

MTNN

116.00

0.00%

0.00%

7

UBA

6.85

0.00%

-7.43%

8

SEPLAT

605.00

0.00%

0.00%

9

ZENITHBANK

19.05

-0.26%

-4.03%

10

OKOMUOIL

68.00

0.00%

0.00%

The equities market closed down today due to the loss recorded in Consumer Goods sector. 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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