Opening the week, the local bourse extended gains from the previous session, as the benchmark index closed 0.18% stronger to settle at 102,042.32 points. Buy interests in BUAFOODS (+1.05%), GEREGU (+6.75%) and ZENITHBANK (+0.14%) outweighed selloffs in GTCO (-0.37%), UBA (-1.18%) and ACCESSCORP (-6.26%), leaving the market in the green. Consequently, the year-to-date (YTD) return rose to 36.47%, while market capitalisation gained ₦100.65bn to close at ₦55.84trn.
Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled lower relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions down by 30.31%.
A total of 242.43bn shares valued at ₦5.13bn were exchanged in 8,715 deals. ACCESSCORP (-6.26%) led the volume chart with 24.90m units traded while GTCO (-0.37%) led the value chart with deals worth ₦841.25m.Market breadth closed positive at a 1.30-to-1 ratio with advancing issues outnumbering the declining ones. CHAMS (+10.00%) topped twenty-nine (29) others on the leader’s table while INFINITY (-9.90%) led twenty-two (22) others on the laggard’s log.
Find below key highlights of market activities
| Indicators | Current | Change (%) | YTD |
| All-Share Index | 102,042.32 | 0.18 | 36.47 |
| Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion) | 55.84 | 0.18 | 36.46 |
| Volume (millions) | 242.43 | -24.68 | |
| Value (₦ ‘billion) | 5.13 | -30.31 |
Dividend Information for 2023
