The bear dominated trading activity on the Nigerian Exchange Group Limited, NGX on Tuesday as the major market index depreciated further by 0.7 percent amid bargain hunting and cautious profit-taking activities among investors.
The day’s losses were seen in the decline recorded on the share price of Cadbury and 31 other equities which led to N394 billion or 0.7 percent drop on market capitalization to close at N59.418 trillion lower than Monday’s N59.812 trillion.
Similarly, the All-Share Index of list equities dipped further by 650.83 basis points, representing a 0.7 percent decrease to close at 98,058.07 points compared to the 98,708.90 points of the previous day.
The market sentiment as measured by market breadth remained negative for a second day with 28 and 32 losers.
NNFM led the gainers list with a 10 percent gain on its share price to close N37.40k. Eunisell Limited followed with a 9.87 percent increase on its share price to close at N4.23k then; TIP gained 9.81 percent on its share price to close at N2.35k.
On the flipside, Cadbury led the losers list with a 9.89 percent drop on its share price to close at N16.40k. Academy Press Plc followed with a 9.87 percent loss on its share price to close at N2.83k; while Royalex lost 9.72 percent to close at N0.65k.
At the end of day’s business, investors witnessed a total of 399.32 million units of shares exchange hands in 9,547 deals.
Analysts at Invest Data Consulting expect positive sentiment and mixed trend to continue on profit taking and positioning in the market, ahead of more third quarter earnings reports.
The chief operating officer of InvestData Consulting Limited, Ambrose Omordion
attributed the current trend to the continuation of sector rotation and portfolio rebalancing in the market, with investors taking advantage of pullbacks to buy into value.
Trading in top three equities for the day were Chams Plc which had the highest volume of trade with 84.61 million shares valued at N169.20 million in 72 trades followed by UBA with 27.001million shares worth N790.18 billion in 365 trades while Accesscorp had 22.22 million units valued at N503.63 billion in 557 trades.
Olusola Akintonde
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