Nigerian stocks headed back to the negative territory on Thursday as the benchmark index contracted 0.43 per cent after a momentary recovery at the previous session.
Investors took to dumping financial services stocks just a day after their buy interest in the same set of equities lifted the broad index for the first in one week even though the upward movement could hardly pass for a rise. GTCO, Zenith and NGX Group led the retreat. “This week, we expect to see the last of Q1 rallies as investors will purchase stocks for remaining on the register for dividend payments,” said analysts at broker United Capital in an outlook note for this week seen by PREMIUM TIMES.Market breadth, an indicator of investor sentiment towards trade, was positive as 16 advancers were reported relative to 15 losers.
The all-share index edged down 202.32 basis points to 46,961.62, while market capitalisation dwindled to N25.3 trillion.Veritas Kapital led gainers, appreciating by 9.52 per cent to close at N0.23. FCMB grew by 7.46 per cent to end trade at N3.60. Custodian went up by 7.14 per cent to N7.50. Oando rose to N5, notching up 6.38 per cent in the process. GSK completed the top 5, climbing up by 6.06 per cent to N0.70.GTCO declined by 11.54 per cent to close at N23. RT Briscoe fell to N0.65, losing 9.
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