Equities Market Dwindles by 67bps amid Sustained Profit Taking Activity

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As NIBOR, NITTY Moves in Mixed Directions for Most Tenor Buckets…

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At the end of Monday’s trading session, the NSE All Share Index (ASI) dwindled by 0.67% to close at 27,570.94pts amid sustained bearish activity even as the local bourse recorded 18 losers as against 11 gainers.

Consequently, the year to date gain of the equities market moderated to 2.72%. Sell-offs on shares of ZENITH, BUACEMENT and LAWUNION moderated their respective sub-sector gauges by 1.46%, 1.55% and 0.76%.

Meanwhile, market activity was upbeat as the volume and value of stocks traded rose by 1.50% and 23.76% to close at 13.46 billion units and N1.58 billion respectively.

Elsewhere, NIBOR moved in mixed directions for most tenor buckets amid renewed financial system liquidity strain while NITTY moderated for most tenor buckets on bargain hunting activity.

In the OTC bonds market, the values of FGN bonds appreciated for most maturities (and yields moderated) amid buy pressure; however, FGN Eurobonds prices moderated for all maturities tracked amid profit taking in the international market.

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