Airtel Africa Drags Nigerian Stocks Down -1.66% to Open Week Negative

June 15, 2021/InvestmentOne Report

Nigerian Stock Exchange Trading Floor. Image credit: NSE

The Nigerian equities market closed negative today as NSE-ASI lost 1.66% to close at 38,507.33pts.

In today’s trade, market breadth index was negative with 19 gainers against 26 losers.

CWG (+9.73%)  was the top gainer while AIRTELAFRI (-10.00%)  led the losers today

ACCESS (+3.05%) was the most actively traded stock with about 43million units of shares worth about N359.5million. 

Sector Performances

  • NSE Consumer Index: Declined by 0.18% due to the losses in PZ (-3.33%), UACN (-2.06%), INTBREW (-1.82%) and FLOURMILL (-1.00%).
  • NSE Banking Index: Advanced by 0.16% on the back of gains in ACCESS (+3.05%), ETI (+1.92%), FIDELITYBK (+0.89%) and ZENITHBANK (+0.86%).
  • NSE Oil and Gas Index: Gained 0.13% on the back of buy-interest in OANDO (+1.69%).
  • NSE Industrial Index: Closed flat.

Performance of key stocks

S/N

 

Stock

 

Current Price (N)

 

1-day change (%)

 

Week to date change (%)

 

Year to date change (%)

 

1

 

ACCESS

 

8.45

 

3.05%

 

3.05%

 

0.00%

 

2

 

DANGCEM

 

230.00

 

0.00%

 

0.00%

 

-6.08%

 

3

 

FBNH

 

7.20

 

0.00%

 

0.00%

 

0.70%

 

4

 

FIDELITYBK

 

2.26

 

0.89%

 

0.89%

 

-10.32%

 

5

 

GUARANTY

 

28.50

 

-1.38%

 

-1.38%

 

-11.90%

 

6

 

MTNN

 

163.00

 

0.18%

 

0.18%

 

-4.06%

 

7

 

UBA

 

7.10

 

-0.70%

 

-0.70%

 

-17.92%

 

8

 

SEPLAT

 

690.00

 

0.00%

 

0.00%

 

71.51%

 

9

 

ZENITHBANK

 

23.35

 

0.86%

 

0.86%

 

-5.85%

 

10

 

OKOMUOIL

 

105.50

 

-9.44%

 

-9.44%

 

15.93%

 

11

 

BUACEMENT

 

74.00

 

0.00%

 

0.00%

 

-4.33%

 

12

 

AIRTELAFRI

 

753.30

 

-10.00%

 

-10.00%

 

-11.56%

 

The equities market closed down today due to the losses in AIRTELAFRI and some Consumer names. While we believe the risk-off sentiment on the back of uncertainty around oil price, as well as the impact of the Coronavirus, could continue to weigh in on the equities market, we opine that the equities market still presents decent opportunities for investors chasing positive real return on investments.

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