Today, the domestic bourse snapped its three-day winning streak as the benchmark index shed 0.04% to close at 100,032.32 points. Selloff in telco heavyweight, MTNN (-3.40%) as well as GTCO (-0.22%) and DANGSUGAR (-1.44%) underpinned the market’s weak performance despite gains in FBNH (+3.94%), UBA (+3.70%) and ACCESSCORP (+0.52%). Consequently, the year-to-date return slipped to 33.78%, while market capitalisation lost ₦24.51bn to close at ₦56.55trn.
Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled higher relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions up 35.71%. A total of 1.10m shares valued at ₦10.08bn were exchanged in 8,720 deals. JAIZBANK (+3.72%) led the volume chart with 528.49m units traded while ZENITHBANK (+0.00%) led the value chart with deals worth ₦3.11bn.
Market breadth closed positive at a 2.15-to-1 ratio with advancing issues outnumbering the declining ones. UCAP (+10.00%) topped twenty-seven (27) others on the leader’s table while RTBRISCOE (-5.71%) led twelve (12) others on the laggard’s log.
Dividend Information for 2024
| Indicators | Current | Change (%) | YTD |
| All-Share Index | 100,032.32 | 0.04 | 33.78 |
| Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion) | 56.65 | 0.04 | 38.44 |
| Volume (millions) | 1,099.30 | 198.40 | |
| Value (₦ ‘billion) | 10.08 | 35.71 |
Find below key highlights of market activities
| Company | Dividend (Bonus) | Closure Date | Payment Date |
| BUAFOODS | ₦5.50 | 20-Aug-24 | 26-Sep-24 |
| BUACEMENT | ₦2.00 | 12-Aug-24 | 29-Aug-24 |
| FBNH | ₦0.40 | 15-Aug-24 | 23-Aug-24 |
| AIRTELAFRI | $0.037 | 24-Jun-24 | 26-Jul-24 |
| BETAGLAS | ₦1.4 | 25-Jun-24 | 6-Jul-24 |
| FIDSON | ₦0.6 | 19-Jun-24 | 6-Jul-24 |
| TOTAL | ₦25.00 | 24-Apr-24 | 24-Jun-24 |
| UACN | ₦0.22 | 7-Jun-24 | 21-Jun-24 |
| JBERGER | ₦3 | 3-Jun-24 | 21-Jun-24 |
| TRANSEXPR | ₦0.02 | 12-Jun-24 | 20-Jun-24 |
| SEPLAT ENERGY | $0.03 ( Q1 INTERIM) | 3-Jun-24 | 14-Jun-24 |
| MAYBAKER | ₦0.3 | 22-May-24 | 6-Jun-24 |
| PRESCO | ₦24.30 | 15-May-24 | 30-May-24 |
| SEPLAT ENERGY | $0.03 | 29-Apr-24 | 29-May-24 |
| TRANSCORP | ₦0.10 | 26-Apr-24 | 28-May-24 |
| WEMA | ₦0.5 | 10-May-24 | 28-May-24 |
| MEYER | ₦0.3 | 29-Apr-24 | 27-May-24 |
| UBA | ₦2.30 | 13-May-24 | 24-May-24 |
| NAHCO | ₦2.56 | 13-May-24 | 24-May-24 |
| TRANSPOWER | ₦3.13 | 22-Apr-24 | 22-May-24 |
| STANBIC | ₦2.20 | 22-Apr-24 | 17-May-24 |
| FIDELITYBK | ₦0.60 | 29-Apr-24 | 16-May-24 |
| UNILEVER | ₦0.75 | 29-Apr-24 | 10-May-24 |
| GTCO | ₦2.70 | 29-Apr-24 | 9-May-24 |
| ZENITHBANK | ₦3.50 | 26-Apr-24 | 8-May-24 |
| DANGCEM | ₦30.00 | 16-Apr-24 | 29-Apr-24 |
| UCAP | ₦1.80 | 10-Apr-24 | 23-Apr-24 |
| ACCESSCORP | ₦1.80 | 11-Apr-24 | 19-Apr-24 |
| TRANSCOHOT | ₦0.20 | 16-Apr-24 | 30-Apr-24 |
| LAFAERGE | ₦1.90 | 2-Apr-24 | 16-Apr-24 |
| NGXGROUP | ₦0.75 | 27-Mar-24 | 29-Apr-24 |
| GEREGU | ₦8.00 | 28-Feb-24 | 28-Mar-24 |
| VITAFOAM | 1.56 | 13-Feb-24 | 7-Mar-24 |
