NGX ASI falls by 0.06% as market capitalization lost N19 billion
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX) closed in the negative due to buy-interests and sell-offs, which caused the broad market to decline by 6 basis points. The All-share Index (ASI) lost 0.06% of its value to end the day at 49,161.45 points.
In the same vein, Market Capitalization dropped by N15 billion to close at N26.52 trillion while the Year-to-Date (YtD) returns settled at 15.08%. The stock market has advanced by 6,445.01 base points since the start of the year.
The SWOOTs capitalization remains unchanged at the end of the trading session.
Market breadth closed negative as MULTIVERSE led 13 gainers, and 17 losers topped by MAYBAKER at the end of today’s session.
Market Indices
- NGX ASI: 49,161.45 points
- Previous ASI: 49,218.35 points
- % Day Change: 0.06%
- % Y-t-D: 15.08%
- Market Cap (N): 26.517 trillion
- Volume: 206,206,729
- Value (N): 2.36 billion
- Deals: 3,777
NGX Top ASI gainers
- NGXGROUP up +10.00% to close at N1.70
- MULTIVERSE up +10.00% to close at N0.28
- ETERNA up + 9.91% to close at N1.52
- COURTVILLE up +8.89% to close at N8.40
- CHAMPION up +8.53% to close at N0.20
NGX Top ASI losers
- MAYBAKER down – 9.79% to close at N3.50
- REGALINS down – 7.69% to close at N0.24
- VITAFOAM down – 6.98% to close at N20.00
- UNILEVER down – 5.38% to close at N12.30
- GLAXOSMITH down – 5.00% to close at N5.60
Top 3 by Volume
- TRANSCORP – 38,462,277
- ZENITHBANK – 35,273,904
- FCMB – 30,185,296
Top 3 by Value
- ZENITHBANK – N710,832,788.45
- VITAFOAM – N362,764,708.15
- AIRTELAFRI – N294,247,800.00
The post NGX ASI falls by 0.06% as market capitalization lost N19 billion appeared first on NEWS PICKS — WITHIN NIGERIA.