Equities Market Opens the Week in Red as Market Value Drops N83 Billion

The Nigerian equities market opens the new week in the red as investors continue to take profit following a N1.2 trillion profit recorded last week.

Investors traded 374,183,929 shares worth N4.964 billion in 6,854 transactions during the trading hours of Monday. Transcorp was the most traded stock with 88,586,250 shares worth N118,991,205.60. Jaiz Bank followed with  87,416,065 shares valued at N77,857,596.57.

Breaking down each sector, the banking index declined by 24 basis points as stocks of Unity Bank, United Bank for Africa, Zenith Bank and Fidelity Bank shed 5.56%, 1.25%, 0.61% and 0.27%, respectively. Gainers include Union Bank and Sterling Bank, both gained 1.55% and 1.32%, respectively.

Similarly, the consumer goods index shed 62bps on a broad-based selloff. Champion lost 9.84%, Interbrew declined by 9.09% and Flour Mills dipped by 1.69%. Cadbury, Unilever, PZ, Honey Flour and Nascon closed in the green.

The industrial index also post a decline as the index dropped 64bps on a 8.28% decline in Wapco.

However, the oil and gas index grew by 60bps on a 4.33% and 0.01% increase in values of Oando and Seplat, respectively.

Market capitalisation of all listed equities depreciated by N83 billion from N28.626 trillion it closed on Friday to N28.543 trillion on Monday. While the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) All-Share Index dipped by 0.29% to 52,944.09 index points.

A total of 27 stocks recorded gains on Monday while 20 stocks closed in the red. See the details of top gainers and losers below.

Top Gainers

Top Losers 

Top Trades