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Home»Business»NSE: Transactions reopen after Eid-el-Fitr on negative trend
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NSE: Transactions reopen after Eid-el-Fitr on negative trend

The Eagle OnlineBy The Eagle OnlineJune 19, 2018No Comments
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Activities reopened on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday after the long holidays to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations on a downward trend, with the All-Share Index dropping by 0.73 per cent.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the index shed 284.32 points or 0.73 per cent to close at 38,644.15, compared with the 38,928.47 achieved on Thursday.
In the same vein, the market capitalisation which opened at N14. 101 trillion lost N95 billion to close at N14.006 trillion due to profit taking.
An analysis of the price movement chart shows that Unilever posted the highest loss, leading the losers’ chart with a loss of N2, to close at N53 per share.
Forte Oil came second with a loss of N1.80 to close at N35.15, while Flour Mills depreciated by N1.60 to close at N31.15 per share.
NASCON was down by N1.15 to close at N22.80, while Zenith International Bank shed 90k to close at N25.50 per share.
Conversely, International Breweries led the gainers’ table for the day, appreciating by N2.70 to close at N44 per share.
Eterna Oil followed with a gain of N0.31 kobo to close at N6.61 kobo, Ikeja Hotel gained N0.14 kobo to close at N2.99 kobo.
Nigerian Breweries gained 10k to close at N110.10, while C & I Leasing increased by 9k to close at N1.82 per share.
In spite of the drop in the market indices, the volume of shares traded closed higher as investors bought and sold 390.47 million shares valued at N6.12 billion transacted in 3,889 deals.
This was against the turnover of 336.62 million shares worth N5.25 billion transacted in 3,667 deals on Thursday.
United Bank for Africa was the most active stock for the day, exchanging 123 million shares worth N1.30 billion.
It was followed by Zenith International Bank with an account of 35.79 million shares valued at N919.94 million, while Access Bank traded 34.83 million shares worth N365.54 million.
Cement Company of Northern Nigeria sold a total of 32.71 million shares worth N850.36 million, while Guaranty Trust Bank exchanged 23.01 million shares valued at N927.14 million.

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