NGX All-Share Index Ends The Week Negative, Down 0.96% w/w

In the week’s final trading session, the Nigerian equities ended its four-day winning streak as the benchmark index relapsed by 1.31% to close at 53,804.46 points. Selloff in telco heavyweight, AIRTELAFRI (-6.02%) drove the market’s weak performance.

Despite having gained in four (4) of five (5) trading sessions this week, the ASI closed 0.96% lower w/w. Selloffs in AIRTELAFRI (-6.02% w/w), BUAFOODS (-0.13% w/w) and ZENITHBANK (-0.79% w/w) were the major drags on the overall market, negating upticks in MTNN (+1.49% w/w), WAPCO (+0.98% w/w) and NB (+1.23% w/w). As a result, the year-to-date (YTD) return fell to 4.98%, while the market capitalization shed ₦280.45bn w/w to close at ₦29.31trn.

Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled higher relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions up by 4.52%. A total of 172.90m shares valued at ₦3.77bn were exchanged in 3,077 deals. FBNH (+0.00%) led the volume chart with 47.42m units traded while GEREGU (+2.89%) led the value chart in deals worth ₦762.07m.

Market breadth closed negative at a 1.50-to-1 ratio with declining issues outnumbering advancing ones. AIRTELAFRI (-6.02%) topped fourteen (14) others on the laggard’s log while WAPIC (+9.76%) led nine (9) others on the leader’s table.

Find below key highlights of market activities

Indicators	Current	Change (%)	YTD
All-Share Index	53,804.46	-1.31	4.98
Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion)	29.31	-1.30	5.00
Volume (millions)	172.90	37.38
Value (₦ ‘billion)	3.77	4.52

Dividend Information for 2023

Company	Dividend (Bonus)	Closure Date	Payment Date
GEREGU	₦8.00 (final)	TBA	TBA
MTNN	₦10 (final)	28-Mar-23	20-Apr-23
SEPLAT	$0.025 (interim)	11-Nov-22	6-Dec-22
ACCESSCORP	₦0.20 (interim)	28-Sep-22	12-Oct-22