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NGX All-Share Index opens the week positive 0.22%

by Business News Report

Opening the week, Nigerian equities extended gains from last week as the benchmark index closed 0.22% stronger to settle at 52,579.52 points. Sustained buy interests in ZENITHBANK (+1.46%), GTCO (+1.87%) and WAPCO (+0.61%) buoyed the markets performance. Consequently, the year-to-date (YTD) return rose to 2.59%, while market capitalization gained ₦61.53bn to close at ₦28.63trn.

Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled higher relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions up by 26.54%. A total of 511.38m shares valued at ₦7.14bn were exchanged in 5,883 deals. ACCESSCORP (+2.67%) led volume and value charts with 167.62m units traded  in deals worth ₦1.92bn.

Market breadth closed positive at a 1.77-to-1 ratio with advancing issues outnumbering declining ones. INTBREW (+6.82%) topped twenty-two (22) others on the leader’s log while TRANSCORP (-7.73%) topped twelve (12) others on the laggard’s table.

Find below key highlights of market activities

IndicatorsCurrentChange (%)YTD
All-Share Index52,579.520.222.59
Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion)28.630.222.56
Volume (millions)511.385.97
Value (₦ ‘billion)7.1426.54

Dividend Information for 2023

CompanyDividend (Bonus)Closure DatePayment Date
BUACEMENT₦2.8014-Aug-2324-Aug-23
TOTAL₦21.0026-Apr-232-Jun-23
STANBIC₦2.0012-Apr-2326-May-23
ACCESSCORP₦1.309-May-2324-May-23
NESTLE₦36.5024-Apr-2318-May-23
GTCO₦2.802-May-2311-May-23
SEPLAT$0.075 (final)19-Apr-2316-May-23
ZENITHBANK₦2.9017-Apr-232-May-23
WAPCO₦2.0011-Apr-2328-Apr-23
UBA₦0.9017-Apr-2327-Apr-23
NB₦1.0317-Mar-2326-Apr-23
DANGCEM₦20.0031-Mar-2324-Apr-23
MTNN₦10.0028-Mar-2320-Apr-23
DANGSUGAR₦1.5027-Mar-2315-Apr-23
GEREGU₦8.0028-Feb-2329-Mar-23

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