More stocks closed in the red despite AIICO, Access Bank and others closing in the green on Tuesday. The sell-off in the banking stocks ahead of the December holidays further dragged on the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Tuesday.
Investors exchanged 224,910,096 shares worth N3.708 billion in 4,331 transactions during the trading hours of Tuesday, against 213,126,324 shares valued at N2.359 billion that were traded in 4,105 transactions on Monday.
Market value of listed equities dipped to N22.567 trillion on Tuesday, while All-Share Index sheds 0.05 percent to 43,248.05 index points.
A total of 12 stocks closed in the green against 24 that closed in the red. The Exchange Year-to-date return drop slightly further to 7.39 percent.
Sectorial analysis showed the NGX Banking Index gained 26bps on ACCESS (+4.40%), ETI (+3.73%) and UBA (+0.63%). Losers included UBN (-6.19%), WEMABANK (-1.25%) and ZENITHBANK (-1.03%).
The NGX Consumer Goods Index lost 21bps on HONYFLOUR (-1.25%), DANGSUGAR (-1.22%), PZ (-0.83%), and GUINNESS (-0.82%). NASCON (+0.35%) was a gainer in that space today.
The NGX Oil and Gas Index lost 40bps on OANDO (-2.04%). The NGX Industrial index shed 4bps on WAPCO (-0.60%). See other details below.
Top Five Gainers
| Symbols |
Last Close |
Current |
Change |
%Change |
| AIICO |
N 0.76 |
N 0.83 |
0.07 |
9.21 % |
| ACCESS |
N 9.10 |
N 9.50 |
0.40 |
4.40 % |
| WAPIC |
N 0.48 |
N 0.50 |
0.02 |
4.17 % |
| ETI |
N 8.05 |
N 8.35 |
0.30 |
3.73 % |
| FCMB |
N 3.00 |
N 3.10 |
0.10 |
3.33 % |
Top Five Losers
| Symbols |
Last Close |
Current |
Change |
%Change |
| UPDCREIT |
N 4.55 |
N 4.10 |
-0.45 |
-9.89 % |
| IKEJAHOTEL |
N 1.35 |
N 1.22 |
-0.13 |
-9.63 % |
| UPDC |
N 1.18 |
N 1.07 |
-0.11 |
-9.32 % |
| CHAMS |
N 0.22 |
N 0.20 |
-0.02 |
-9.09 % |
| UBN |
N 4.85 |
N 4.55 |
-0.30 |
-6.19 % |
Top Five Trades
| Symbols |
Volume |
Value |
| ACCESS |
42181454.00 |
389702768.45 |
| ZENITHBANK |
38967176.00 |
935403621.60 |
| FBNH |
16894152.00 |
198726807.40 |
| GTCO |
16670783.00 |
413978634.60 |
| AIICO |
12856166.00 |
10513305.13 |
