Today, the domestic bourse ended its four-day winning streak as the benchmark index shed 0.20% to close at 52,821.60 points. Selloffs in GEREGU (-4.78%), GTCO (-1.47%), and ACCESSCORP (-1.35%) underpinned the market’s weak performance despite gains in MTNN (+0.09%), STANBIC (+0.13%) and UBA (+0.57%). As a result, the year-to-date (YTD) return fell to 3.06%, while market capitalisation lost ₦57.70bn to close at ₦28.76trn.
Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled higher relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions up by 17.16%. A total of 377.14m shares valued at ₦9.18bn were exchanged in 5,879 deals. UBA (+0.57%) led the volume chart with 86.17m units traded while GEREGU (-4.78%) led the value chart in deals worth ₦3.92bn.
Market breadth closed negative at a 1.11-to-1 ratio with declining issues outnumbering advancing ones. CONOIL (-9.92%) led nineteen (19) others on the leader’s log while FTN (+8.77%) topped seventeen (17) others on the leader’s table.
Find below key highlights of market activities
| Indicators | Current | Change (%) | YTD |
| All-Share Index | 52,821.60 | -0.20 | 3.06 |
| Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion) | 28.76 | -0.20 | 3.03 |
| Volume (millions) | 377.14 | -17.15 | |
| Value (₦ ‘billion) | 9.18 | 17.16 |
Dividend Information for 2023
| Company | Dividend (Bonus) | Closure Date | Payment Date |
| BUACEMENT | ₦2.80 | 14-Aug-23 | 24-Aug-23 |
| TOTAL | ₦21.00 | 26-Apr-23 | 2-Jun-23 |
| STANBIC | ₦2.00 | 12-Apr-23 | 26-May-23 |
| ACCESSCORP | ₦1.30 | 10-May-23 | 24-May-23 |
| NESTLE | ₦36.50 | 24-Apr-23 | 18-May-23 |
| GTCO | ₦2.80 | 2-May-23 | 11-May-23 |
| SEPLAT | $0.075 (final) | 19-Apr-23 | 16-May-23 |
| ZENITHBANK | ₦2.90 | 17-Apr-23 | 2-May-23 |
| WAPCO | ₦2.00 | 11-Apr-23 | 28-Apr-23 |
| UBA | ₦0.90 | 17-Apr-23 | 27-Apr-23 |
| NB | ₦1.03 | 17-Mar-23 | 26-Apr-23 |
| DANGCEM | ₦20.00 | 31-Mar-23 | 24-Apr-23 |
| MTNN | ₦10.00 | 28-Mar-23 | 20-Apr-23 |
| DANGSUGAR | ₦1.50 | 27-Mar-23 | 15-Apr-23 |
| GEREGU | ₦8.00 | 28-Feb-23 | 29-Mar-23 |
