The Nigerian stock market yesterday closed transaction on a negative note to halt the seven consecutive days’ gaining outcomes.Accordingly, the All-Share Index dropped by 154.36 absolute points, representing a decline of 0.38 per cent to close at 40,714.00 points. Similarly, the overall market capitalisation value dipped by N81 billion to close at N21.215 trillion.
The market loss was driven by price depreciation in large and medium capitalised stocks amongst which were; Nigerian Breweries, BUA Cement, Stanbic IBTC Holdings, Guaranty Trust Holding Company and Guinness Nigeria. On this week’s performance, analysts at United Capital Plc expect the positive performance to be sustained as investors seek out bargains and continued positioning for the third quarter earnings season in the equity market.
However, the market breadth closed at par, recording 17 gainers and 17 losers. NEM Insurance recorded the highest price gain of 9.95 per cent to close at N2.10, while Champion Breweries and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated followed with a gain of 9.52 per cent each to close at N2.30 and N6.90 respectively, per share.
Royal Exchange rose by 8.77 per cent to close at 62 kobo, while Lafarge Africa gained 4.93 per cent to close at N24.50, per share. On the other hand, Sovereign Trust Insurance led the losers’ chart by 8.33 per cent to close at 22 kobo, per share.
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