The domestic bourse maintained the bull run bringing the benchmark index up by 0.22% to close at 72,455.83 points. Buying interest in DANGSUGAR (+0.61%), ZENITHBANK (+1.92%) and UBA (+2.50%) offset losses in ETI (-0.44%), NB (-1.75%) and INTBREW (-1.11%). Accordingly, the market remains on track for another week of gain. As a result, the year-to-date (YTD) return rose to 41.37%, while the market capitalisation gained ₦85.39bn to close at ₦39.65trn.
Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled lower relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions down by 10.16%. A total of 446.58m shares valued at ₦7.26bn were exchanged in 6,845 deals. ACCESSCORP (+3.40%) led both the volume and value chart with 77.25m units traded in deals worth ₦1.76bn.
Market breadth closed positive at a 1.04-to-1 ratio with advancing issues outnumbering the declining ones. INFINITY (+9.83%) topped twenty-five (25) others on the leader’s table while RTBRISCOE (-9.84%) led twenty-four (24) others on the laggard’s log.
Find below key highlights of market activities
| Indicators | Current | Change (%) | YTD |
| All-Share Index | 72,455.83 | 0.22 | 41.37 |
| Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion) | 39.65 | 0.22 | 42.03 |
| Volume (millions) | 446.58 | 3.09 | |
| Value (₦ ‘billion) | 7.26 | -10.16 |
Dividend Information for 2023
| Company | Dividend (Bonus) | Closure Date | Payment Date |
| SEPLAT ENERGY | $0.03 (Q3 interim) | 13-Nov-23 | 24-Nov-23 |
| ACCESSCORP | ₦0.30 (interim) | 6-Oct-23 | 19-Oct-23 |
| UBA | ₦0.50 (interim) | 27-Sep-23 | 6-Oct-23 |
| ZENITHBANK | ₦0.50 (interim) | 25-Sep-23 | 29-Sep-23 |
| STANBIC | N1.50 (interim) | 13-Sep-23 | 27-Sep-23 |
| GTCO | ₦0.50 (interim) | 15-Sep-23 | 25-Sep-23 |
| FIDELITYBK | N 0.25 (interim) | 15-Sep-23 | 22-Sep-23 |
| CUSTODIAN | ₦0.15 (interim) | 21-Aug-23 | 5-Sep-23 |
| SEPLAT ENERGY | 3 US CENTS (interim) | 18-Aug-23 | 30-Aug-23 |
| MTNN | ₦5.60 (interim) | 17-Aug-23 | 24-Aug-23 |
| NGXGROUP | ₦0.25 | 31-Jul-23 | 31-Aug-23 |
| BUACEMENT | ₦2.80 | 14-Aug-23 | 24-Aug-23 |
| FBNH | ₦0.50 | 9-Aug-23 | 16-Aug-23 |
| AIRTELAFRI | 3.27 | 22-Jun-23 | 26-Jul-23 |
| TOTAL | ₦21.00 | 26-Apr-23 | 2-Jun-23 |
| NESTLE | ₦36.50 | 24-Apr-23 | 18-May-23 |
| WAPCO | ₦2.00 | 11-Apr-23 | 28-Apr-23 |
| NB | ₦1.03 | 17-Mar-23 | 26-Apr-23 |
| DANGCEM | ₦20.00 | 31-Mar-23 | 24-Apr-23 |
| DANGSUGAR | ₦1.50 | 27-Mar-23 | 15-Apr-23 |
| GEREGU | ₦8.00 | 28-Feb-23 | 29-Mar-23 |
