Equities depreciate by 0.64%

The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.64%, at today's trading with the All Share Index closing at 28,981.12 points against the previous close of 29,168.04 points while Market Capitalization closed at N9,962.54 trillion against previous close of N10,026.79 trillion.

With this performance, the Year-to-Date return stood at -16.38%.

The NSE 30 Index decrease by 0.94 per cent from 1,322.79 basis points to 1,310.29 basis points.

The NSE Banking Index depreciates by 1.15 per cent from 308.35 points to 304.79 basis points.

Volume traded decreased by 71.79% from 1,125,287,041.00 million to 317,408,589.00 million, while the total value of stock traded decreased by 87.68% from ₦14,677 to ₦1,808 billion in 3,721.00 deals with 18 stocks rising, while 25 others are declining.

UNILEVER Plc. rose by 10.24 per cent or N3.38 to close at N36.38 per share.

UNILEVER, SKYEBANK, ETERNA, HONYFLOUR and WEMABANK emerged the highest price gainers on the chart, while CAVERTON, NEIMETH, NAHCO, DIAMONDBNK, and LEARNAFRCA topped the losers chart. 

 

Bond yields rise as liquidity thin

The nation’s overnight lending rates and yields on long-term bonds depreciated today. OBB and O/N declined by 0.50% and 1.00% respectively from 0.67 and 1.04 respectively.

 

Credit: AAML