Bearish Investors dominated Friday’s trading session as The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed in negative territory.
The All-Share Index (ASI) traded 1.39% lower to close at 67,324.59 index points as against 68,271.14 index points recorded in the previous day’s trading session.
Likewise, the market capitalization of equities plunged by N518 billion to close at N36.847 trillion, 1.39% lower than the N37.365 trillion recorded in the previous trading session.
Below are the market indices for today’s trading session:
NGX ASI: 67,324.59 points
% Day Change: -1.39%
% YTD: +31.36%
Market Cap: N36.847 trillion
Volume Traded: 1.03 billion
Value: N5.82 billion
Deals: 6,370
Market breadth closed negative as NEM (10.00%) led the gainers, OANDO (-9.89%) led the losers while UNIVINSURE was the most traded equity – by volume – at the end of today’s session.
Shares of tier 1 banks had mixed trading sessions as UBA (2.65%), ACCESS HOLDINGS (2.07%) and ZENITH BANK (0.15%) all recorded positive trading sessions as GTCO (-0.14%) closed negative while FBN HOLDINGS closed flat.
