THUR 17 FEB, 2022-theGBJournal The Nigerian equities market traded with mixed sentiments as a loss in SEPLAT (-5.9%) offset gains in GTCO (+1.2%) and WAPCO (+1.5%). Precisely, the NGX All-Share Index traded flat at 47,102.64 points, with the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date returns flat at +1.0% and +10.3%, respectively.
The total volume traded increased by 12.4% to 357.76 million units, valued at NGN6.48 billion, and exchanged in 4,251 deals. GTCO was the most traded stock by volume and value at 130.14 million units and NGN3.42 billion.
Analysing by sectors, the Insurance (+0.5%), Banking (+0.4%), Consumer Goods (+0.2%) and the Industrial Goods (+0.1%) indices recorded gains, while the Oil & Gas (-3.1%) index declined.
As measured by market breadth, market sentiment was positive (1.9x) as 32 tickers gained relative to 17 losers. NNFM (+10.0%) and RTBRISCOE (+10.0%) recorded the most significant gains of the day, while CWG (-9.8%) and CHAMPION (-8.9%) topped the losers’ list.
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