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NGX All-Share Index closes positive, up 3bps

by Business News Report

Opening the week, activity on the Lagos bourse ended mixed albeit with a bullish tilt as the benchmark index closed 0.03% higher to settle at 52,231.29 points. Gains in ZENITHBANK (+0.62%), ACCESSCORP (+1.01%) and WAPCO (+0.41%) offset declines in GTCO (-0.62%), STANBIC (-0.27%), and FBNH (-0.41%). As a result, the year-to-date (YTD) return rose at 1.91%, while the market capitalization rose by ₦9.07bn to close at ₦28.44trn.

Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled lower relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions down by 49.01%. A total of 626.39m shares valued at ₦5.60bn were exchanged in 6,033 deals. TRANSCORP (+9.65%) led volume chart with 190.85m units traded, while ACCESSCORP (+1.01%) led the value chart in deals worth ₦1.25bn.

Market breadth closed positive at a 1.33-to-1 ratio with advancing issues outnumbering declining ones. OANDO (+9.91%) led nineteen (19) others on the leader’s log while NEM (-9.45%) topped fourteen (14) others on the laggard’s table.

Find below key highlights of market activities

IndicatorsCurrentChange (%)YTD
All-Share Index52,231.290.031.91
Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion)28.440.031.88
Volume (millions)626.39-55.81
Value (₦ ‘billion)5.60-49.01

Dividend Information for 2023

CompanyDividend (Bonus)Closure DatePayment Date
BUACEMENT₦2.8014-Aug-2324-Aug-23
TOTAL₦21.0026-Apr-232-Jun-23
STANBIC₦2.0012-Apr-2326-May-23
ACCESSCORP₦1.3010-May-2324-May-23
NESTLE₦36.5024-Apr-2318-May-23
GTCO₦2.802-May-2311-May-23
SEPLAT$0.075 (final)19-Apr-2316-May-23
ZENITHBANK₦2.9017-Apr-232-May-23
WAPCO₦2.0011-Apr-2328-Apr-23
UBA₦0.9017-Apr-2327-Apr-23
NB₦1.0317-Mar-2326-Apr-23
DANGCEM₦20.0031-Mar-2324-Apr-23
MTNN₦10.0028-Mar-2320-Apr-23
DANGSUGAR₦1.5027-Mar-2315-Apr-23
GEREGU₦8.0028-Feb-2329-Mar-23

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