Stock Market Maintains Uptrend as Investors Gain ₦23.6 billion
Equities segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintains uptrend as investors gain ₦23.6 billion on Wednesday.
The gain reported pushed market capitalisation to ₦21.1 trillion after sustained rally at the local bourse.
At the close of trade, the All-Share index appreciated 11 basis points (bps) to 40,341.05 points over gains in FLOURMILL (+6.9%), MOBIL (+9.4%) and WAPCO (+1.4%).
Consequently, the year-to-date return improved to 0.2% as market rally continues.
Activity level retreated as volume and value traded declined 59.9% and 12.6% respectively to 468.1 units and ₦7.0 billion.
The most traded stocks by volume were ZENITH (45.8 million units), LASACO (40.7 million units) and UBA (31.8 million units).
Meanwhile, MTNN (₦2.2 billion), ZENITH (₦1.2 billion) and GUARANTY (₦592.7 million) topped by value.
Performance across sectors was positive as all indices under Afrinvest’s analysts coverage gained save the AFR-ICT index that closed flat.
The Insurance index led the gainers, advancing 4.1% due to price uptick in MANSARD (+9.5%), CUSTODIAN (+2.6%) and AIICO (+2.6%).
Similarly, the Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods indices appreciated 1.7% and 0.1% respectively due to buying interest in MOBIL (+9.4%) and FLOURMILL (+6.9%).
The Banking and Industrial Goods indices also gained 8bps apiece as ACCESS (+1.1%), ZENITH (+0.4%), and WAPCO (+1.4%) ticked higher.
Investor sentiment as measured by market breadth (advance/decline ratio) increased to 1.9x from the 1.3x recorded previously as 31 stocks advanced against 16 decliners.
Market data shows that ACADEMY (+10.0%), VERITASKAP (+10.0%) and SOVRENINS (+10.0%) were the best-performing tickers.
Then, CHELLARAMS (-10.0%), LIVESTOCK (-9.7%) and CHIPLC (-8.8%) were the losers.
However, Afrinvest is optimistic that positive sentiment would be sustained till the close of the week.
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Stock Market Maintains Uptrend as Investors Gain ₦23.6 billion
