Nigeria Stock Market Statistics (Tuesday,20th November, 2012)

Nigeria Stock Market Statistics (Tuesday,20th November, 2012)
Market Cap (N’bn) 8,399.74
Market Cap (US$’bn) 53.16
NSE All-Share Index 26,358.73
Daily Performance % 0.35
1 Week Performance % 0.26
YTD Performance % 27.15
Daily Volume (Million) 397.04
Daily Value (N’bn) 2.49
Daily Value (US$’m) 15.75
The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index gained 35basis points today. A surge in demand for First Bank, GTBank and Zenith bank reversed yesterday’s losses as these company’s recorded slim gains at the close of the session. UBA however dropped 3.4 per cent while profit taking trimmed off 8.5 per cent from Unity Bank and closing sentiments suggests that it could lose further points in coming sessions. A crossed deal early in the session at N42.98 boosted UACN up by 7.5 per cent however a downward review of subsequent bids could undo this gain at the next trading session. Unilever and PZ Cussons were also up 1.0 per cent and 0.1 per cent respectively today while Transcorp lost 1.0 per cent with closing sentiments skewed to the sell side. Guinness lingered in the province of the bears, recording no change at the close of the session. NB however recovered from yesterday’s loss with a 1.6 per cent mark-up to close at N133.05 with closing demand outweighing available offers.