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NGX All-Share Index ends the week positive, up 0.94% w/w

by Business News Report

Closing the week, the Lagos bourse ended the session on a positive note, bringing the All-Share index up by 0.05% to close at 70,854.18 points. Buying interests in ACCESSCORP (+0.29%), ETI (+3.23%), and FCMB (+9.38%) offset selloffs in GTCO (-0.56%), DANGSUGAR (-0.65%) and UBA (-0.24%) kept the market in the positive terrain. Having gained in all five trading sessions this week, the ASI closed 0.94% higher w/w.

Over the course of the week, strong performances in BUACEMENT (+6.47% w/w), SEPLAT (+3.94% w/w), and GTCO (+1.56% w/w) drove the market’s positive performance, outweighing losses in ZENITHBANK (-2.79% w/w), STANBIC (-6.73% w/w), and DANGSUGAR (-0.96% w/w). Consequently, the year-to-date (YTD) return rose to 38.25%, while the market capitalisation gained ₦370.80bn w/w to close at ₦38.93trn.

Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled lower relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions down by 66.87%. A total of 556.70m shares valued at ₦5.56bn were exchanged in 6,308 deals. JAPAULGOLD (+8.20%) led the volume chart with 164.73m units traded, while UBA (-0.24%) led the value chart in deals worth ₦1.28bn.

Market breadth closed positive at a 2.20-to-1 ratio with advancing issues outnumbering declining ones. VFDGROUP (+9.97%) led twenty-one (21) others on the leader’s log while CUTIX (-3.93%) topped nine (9) others on the laggard’s table.

IndicatorsCurrentChange (%)YTD
All-Share Index70,854.180.0538.25
Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion)38.930.0439.45
Volume (millions)556.70-2.19
Value (₦ ‘billion)5.56-66.87

Dividend Information for 2023

CompanyDividend (Bonus)Closure DatePayment Date
ACCESSCORP₦0.30 (interim)6-Oct-2319-Oct-23
UBA₦0.50 (interim)27-Sep-236-Oct-23
ZENITHBANK₦0.50 (interim)25-Sep-2329-Sep-23
STANBICN1.50 (interim)13-Sep-2327-Sep-23
GTCO₦0.50 (interim)15-Sep-2325-Sep-23
FIDELITYBKN 0.25 (interim)15-Sep-2322-Sep-23
CUSTODIAN₦0.15 (interim)21-Aug-235-Sep-23
SEPLAT ENERGY3 US CENTS (interim)18-Aug-2330-Aug-23
MTNN₦5.60  (interim)17-Aug-2324-Aug-23
NGXGROUP₦0.2531-Jul-2331-Aug-23
BUACEMENT₦2.8014-Aug-2324-Aug-23
FBNH₦0.509-Aug-2316-Aug-23
AIRTELAFRI3.2722-Jun-2326-Jul-23
TOTAL₦21.0026-Apr-232-Jun-23
NESTLE₦36.5024-Apr-2318-May-23
WAPCO₦2.0011-Apr-2328-Apr-23
NB₦1.0317-Mar-2326-Apr-23
DANGCEM₦20.0031-Mar-2324-Apr-23
DANGSUGAR₦1.5027-Mar-2315-Apr-23
GEREGU₦8.0028-Feb-2329-Mar-23

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