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NGX All-Share Index gains 0.23%

by Business News Report

The Nigerian equities maintained the positive momentum as the benchmark index closed 0.23% stronger to settle at 70,773.31 points. Buying Interests in BUACEMENT (+1.90%), GTC0 (+0.28%) and UBA (+1.47%) outweighed losses in ZENITHBANK (-0.30%), TRANSCORP (-0.32%) and FIDELITYBK (-3.19%) keeping the market in the green. Consequently, the ASI’s year-to-date (YTD) return increased to 38.09%, while the market capitalisation gained ₦87.79bn to close at ₦38.89trn.

Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled higher relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions up by 79.88%. A total of 558.34m shares valued at ₦9.79bn were exchanged in 6,401 deals. FBNH (+0.52%) led volume and value charts with 209.90m units traded in deals worth ₦4.04bn.

Market breadth closed negative at a 1.06-to-1 ratio with declining issues outnumbering advancing ones. UPDC (-8.26%) led eighteen (18) others on the laggard’s log while JAPAULGOLD (+9.87%) topped seventeen (17) others on the leader’s table.

Find below key highlights of market activities

IndicatorsCurrentChange (%)YTD
All-Share Index70,773.310.2338.09
Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion)38.890.2339.30
Volume (millions)558.3424.27
Value (₦ ‘billion)9.7979.88

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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