TUES, AUGUST 15 2023-theGBJournal | Nigeria equities market fell Tuesday as investors weighed latest inflation figures.
The benchmark index, the NGX All-Share Index fell by 0.2% to 64,928.98 points with 31 tickers in negative territory.
The Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date returns moderated to +0.9% and +26.7%, respectively.
ETERNA (-9.9%) and SUNUASSUR (-9.6%) recorded the most significant losses of the day, while TANTALIZER (+10.0%) and IKEJAHOTEL (+9.8%) topped the gainers’ list.
Industrial Goods (-1.2%), Consumer Goods (-0.7%), Oil & Gas (-0.4%), and Banking (-0.1%) indices settled lower, while the Insurance (+1.3%) index was the sole gainer of the day.
The total volume traded advanced by 8.3% to 280.47 million units, valued at N4.65 billion, and exchanged in 6,296 deals.
TRANSCORP was the most traded stock by volume at 36.47 million units, while MTNN was the most traded stock by value at N972.34 million.
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