MON. 13 MARCH 2023-theGBJournal | Market breadth closed negative at a 1.89-to-1 ratio, with declining issues outnumbering advancing ones at the end of trading session Monday, pulling NGX All-Share index lower.
The benchmark Index (the All-Share Index) consequently shed 0.01% to settle at 55,788.37 points while market capitalization also shed N3.34bn to close at N30.39trn. ASI’s year-to-date (YTD) return fell to 8.85% at the end of the session.
Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled lower relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions down by 70.36%. A total of 179.03m shares valued at N2.55bn were exchanged in 4,296 deals.
NGXGROUP (-9.72%) led the volume and value charts with 38.15m units traded in deals worth N994.55m, topping sixteen (16) others on the laggard’s log, while MULTIVERSE (+5.04%) led eight (8) others on the leader’s table.
Key Highlights
| Indicators | Current | Change (%) | YTD |
| All-Share Index | 55,788.37 | -0.01 | +8.85 |
| Market Cap. (N ‘trillion) | 30.39 | -0.01 | +8.87 |
| Volume (millions) | 179.03 | -35.14 | |
| Value (N ‘billion) | 2.55 | -70.36 |
Dividend Information
| Company | Dividend (Bonus) | Closure Date | Payment Date |
| BUACEMENT | N2.80 (final) | 11-Aug-23 | 24-Aug-23 |
| NESTLE | N36.50 (final) | 28-Apr-23 | 18-May-23 |
| SEPLAT | $0.075 (final) | 19-Apr-23 | 10-May-23 |
| WAPCO | N2.00 (final) | 11-Apr-23 | 28-Apr-23 |
| NB | N1.03 (final) | 17-Mar-23 | 26-Apr-23 |
| DANGCEM | N20.00 (final) | 31-Mar-23 | 24-Apr-23 |
| MTNN | N10.00 (final) | 28-Mar-23 | 20-Apr-23 |
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