Nigerian Stock Market Statistics (Tuesday, 5th November 2013)

Market Cap (N’bn) 12,158.73
Market Cap (US$’bn) 76.75
NSE All-Share Index 38,054.23
Daily Performance % 0.31
1 Week Performance % 1.44
YTD Performance % 35.53
Daily Volume (Million) 319.99
Daily Value (N’bn) 2.78
Daily Value (US$’m) 17.58
The NSE All- share index was up a further 31 basis points today, boosted mainly by activities in the Oil and Gas sector. The rally on FO persisted today as a result of healthy demand at limit up. Most sellers were reluctant to offload in hopes of further price appreciation in coming sessions, thereby pushing the price up a further 10.2 per cent. Oando and Eterna were also up 4.9 per cent and 2.2 per cent at the close of the day’s session. Mixed sentiments in the banking sector led to another session of fairly matched gains and losses. Unity Bank remained upbeat with a further 3.8% mark-up while Zenith Bank and FBNH rallied with gains of 1.8 per cent and 0.8 per cent. On the other hand GTBank and UBA lost 1.4 per cent and 0.1 per cent while Sterling Bank erased part of yesterday’s gain as it dropped 2.1 per cent. The diversified sector was also upbeat today; UACN recorded a 0.4% mark-up while Transcorp and A.G. Leventis were up 3.3% and 1.0% respectively.