Ending the holiday shortened week, the Nigerian equities continued their losing streak as the All-Share Index closed 0.10% lower, to close at 51,893.94 points – the lowest level since 11 January. Selloffs in ZENITHBANK (-0.20%), FBNH (-4.13%) and STANBIC (-3.09%) drove the market’s overall weak performance. Having lost in all trading sessions this week, the ASI closed 2.08% lower w/w.
Over the course of the week, losses in AIRTELAFRI (-10.00% w/w), ZENITHBANK (-1.96% w/w) and WAPCO (-7.75% w/w) offset gains in INTBREW (+11.11%) keeping the market’s overall performance in the red. Consequently, the year-to-date (YTD) return fell to 1.25%, while the market capitalization shed ₦601.29bn w/w to close at ₦28.27trn.
Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled higher relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions up by 16.77%. A total of 541.98m shares valued at ₦2.36bn were exchanged in 3,766 deals. CHAMS (+0.00%) led the volume chart with 293.14m units traded, while UBA (+0.59%) led the value chart in deals worth ₦798.65m.
Market breadth closed positive at a 1.30-to-1 ratio with advancing issues outnumbering declining ones. TRANSCORP (+9.74%) topped twelve (12) others on the leader’s table while CADBURY (-9.73%) topped nine (9) others on the laggard’s log.
Find below key highlights of market activities
Indicators | Current | Change (%) | YTD |
All-Share Index | 51,893.94 | -0.10 | 1.25 |
Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion) | 28.27 | -0.10 | 1.26 |
Volume (millions) | 541.98 | 78.92 | |
Value (₦ ‘billion) | 2.36 | 16.77 |
Dividend Information for 2023
Company | Dividend (Bonus) | Closure Date | Payment Date |
BUACEMENT | ₦2.80 (final) | 11-Aug-23 | 24-Aug-23 |
TOTAL | ₦21.00 (final) | 26-Apr-23 | 2-Jun-23 |
STANBIC | ₦2.00 (final) | 12-Apr-23 | 26-May-23 |
NESTLE | ₦36.50 (final) | 28-Apr-23 | 18-May-23 |
SEPLAT | $0.075 (final) | 19-Apr-23 | 10-May-23 |
ZENITHBANK | ₦3.20 (final) | 17-Apr-23 | 2-May-23 |
WAPCO | ₦2.00 (final) | 11-Apr-23 | 28-Apr-23 |
UBA | ₦0.90 (final) | 17-Apr-23 | 27-Apr-23 |
NB | ₦1.03 (final) | 17-Mar-23 | 26-Apr-23 |
DANGCEM | ₦20.00 (final) | 31-Mar-23 | 24-Apr-23 |
MTNN | ₦10.00 (final) | 28-Mar-23 | 20-Apr-23 |
DANGSUGAR | ₦1.50 (final) | 27-Mar-23 | 15-Apr-23 |
GEREGU | ₦8.00 (final) | 28-Feb-23 | 29-Mar-23 |
Source: Coronation