Opening the week, the local bourse rebounded, up 0.59% – recovering some prior week losses to settle at 66,770.97 points. Renewed investor interest in BUACEMENT (+9.94%), ZENITHBANK (+0.16%) and GTCO (+2.18%) were the primary drivers of the overall market’s strong performance outweighing the decline in MTNN (-1.52%), FBNH (-0.61%) and WAPCO (-1.50%). As a result, the year-to-date (YTD) return rose to 30.28%, while market capitalisation gained ₦212.81bn to close at ₦35.54trn.
Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled lower relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions down by 15.02%. A total of 364.32m shares valued at ₦3.85 billion were exchanged in 7,537 deals. FIDELITYBK (+1.20%) led the volume chart with 33.22m units traded while GTCO (+2.18%) led the value chart in deals worth ₦752.68m.
Market breadth closed positive at a 1.11-to-1 ratio with advancing issues outnumbering declining ones. BUACEMENT (+9.94%) led nineteen (19) others on the leader’s log while LINKASSURE (-10.00%) topped seventeen (17) others on the laggard’s table.
Find below key highlights of market activities
| Indicators | Current | Change (%) | YTD |
| All-Share Index | 66,770.97 | 0.59 | 30.28 |
| Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion) | 36.54 | 0.59 | 30.91 |
| Volume (millions) | 364.32 | 24.37 | |
| Value (₦ ‘billion) | 3.85 | -15.02 |
Dividend Information for 2023
| Company | Dividend (Bonus) | Closure Date | Payment Date |
| ACCESSCORP | ₦0.30 (interim) | 6-Oct-23 | 19-Oct-23 |
| UBA | ₦0.50 (interim) | 27-Sep-23 | 6-Oct-23 |
| ZENITHBANK | ₦0.50 (interim) | 25-Sep-23 | 29-Sep-23 |
| STANBIC | N1.50 (interim) | 13-Sep-23 | 27-Sep-23 |
| GTCO | ₦0.50 (interim) | 15-Sep-23 | 25-Sep-23 |
| FIDELITYBK | N 0.25 (interim) | 15-Sep-23 | 22-Sep-23 |
| CUSTODIAN | ₦0.15 (interim) | 21-Aug-23 | 5-Sep-23 |
| SEPLAT ENERGY | 3 US CENTS (interim) | 18-Aug-23 | 30-Aug-23 |
| MTNN | ₦5.60 (interim) | 17-Aug-23 | 24-Aug-23 |
| NGXGROUP | ₦0.25 | 31-Jul-23 | 31-Aug-23 |
| BUACEMENT | ₦2.80 | 14-Aug-23 | 24-Aug-23 |
| FBNH | ₦0.50 | 9-Aug-23 | 16-Aug-23 |
| AIRTELAFRI | 3.27 | 22-Jun-23 | 26-Jul-23 |
| TOTAL | ₦21.00 | 26-Apr-23 | 2-Jun-23 |
| NESTLE | ₦36.50 | 24-Apr-23 | 18-May-23 |
| WAPCO | ₦2.00 | 11-Apr-23 | 28-Apr-23 |
| NB | ₦1.03 | 17-Mar-23 | 26-Apr-23 |
| DANGCEM | ₦20.00 | 31-Mar-23 | 24-Apr-23 |
| DANGSUGAR | ₦1.50 | 27-Mar-23 | 15-Apr-23 |
| GEREGU | ₦8.00 | 28-Feb-23 | 29-Mar-23a |
Source: Coronation
