All Share Index Goes Down By 1.07%

Markets around the world including the Nigerian Stock Exchange ended in the red today on the back of the Paris terrorist attacks. The All Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange started the week on a negative note losing 1.07% compared to a 0.15% gain recorded on Friday.

The All Share Index lost 318 basis points to end the day at 28,523.81 basis points. Market Capitalization for the market at the close of trading today was N9.8 Trillion.

2,614 deals were struck on the floor of the exchange today, an increase from 2,501 deals recorded on Friday; the total volume of shares traded on the floor today were 202,219,162 while the total value of transactions recorded today was N1Billion.

SEPLAT led the gainers chart today adding N3 to close at N230 followed by 7UP and FBNH which added N2.91 and N0.42 close at N183.01 and N5.45 respectively; ETERNA and UNITYBANK added N0.04 and N0.04 to close at N1.85 and N1.2 respectively.

The losers chart was led by NB who lost N2.69 to close with a share price of 125.01 followed by STANBIC and DANGCEM who lost N1.04 and N0.92 to close with share prices of N19.85 and N162 respectively; GUARANTY and ZENITHBANK lost N0.87 and N0.82 to close with share prices of N22.51 and N16.18 respectively.

The top five most actively traded shares by volume on the exchange today were CONTINSURE with shares valued at N72 Million, FBNH with shares valued at N217 Million, ACCESS with shares valued at N72 Million, STERLNBANK with shares valued at N18 Million and UBA with shares valued at N33 Million.

Market breadth closed negative as SEPLAT led 10 Gainers against 25 Losers led by NB for the second day in a row. Year-To-Date currently stands at -17.67%