Equities depreciate by 1.10

The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization depreciated by 1.10%, at today's trading with the All Share Index closing at 27,820.49 points against the previous close of 28,131.28 points while Market Capitalization closed at N9,563.56 trillion against previous close of N9,670.40 trillion.
With this performance, the Year-to-Date return stood at -19.73%.

The NSE 30 Index decrease by 1.31 per cent from 1,266.25 basis points to 1,249.62 basis points.

The NSE Banking Index depreciates by 2.26 per cent from 293.71 points to 287.08 basis points.

Volume traded increased by 8.54% from 142,614,012.00 million to 154,791,574.00 million, while the total value of stock traded increased by 110.97% from ₦1,051 to ₦2,217 billion in 2,663.00 deals with 09 stocks rising, while 26 others are declining.

ETRANZACT Plc. rose by 4.65 per cent or N0.12 to close at N2.70 per share.

ETRANZACT, PORTPAINT, FCMB, LIVESTOCK, and PZ emerged the highest price gainers on the chart, while CHAMPION, GUINNESS, NAHCO, UAC-PROP, and MAYBAKER topped the losers chart.

Bond yields rise as liquidity thins

The nation’s Overnight lending rates and yields on long-term bonds depreciated today. OBB depreciated and O/N rates remained flat by 4.40 and 0.00% respectively.

Credit: AAML