Nigerian Stock Market Statistics (Thursday, 19th January, 2012)

Market Cap (N’bn) 6,590.12
Market Cap (US$’bn) 40.76
NSE All-Share Index 20,913.21
Daily Performance % (0.40)
1 Week Performance % 0.14
YTD Performance % 0.88
Daily Volume (Million) 178.27
Daily Value (N’bn) 1.17
Daily Value (US$’m) 7.23
The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index lost 40bps today. The banking sector caved in to bearish sentiments that shaved off 4.8 per cent, 4.9 per cent 3.1 per cent and 2.7 per cent from UBA, Skye Bank, First Bank and Fidelity Bank respectively. On the flip side, Diamond Bank went up further by 2.7 per cent. Also on the up-tick were Unity Bank and Access Bank, with gains of 3.7 per cent and 0.8 per cent respectively. The food and beverages sector also went to the bears today, with Honeywell Flour recording the lone gain in the sector. Bids at the lower end of the market could however reverse this gain tomorrow. Dangote Sugar and Dangote Flour both recorded losses of 1.6 per cent and 2.6 per cent respectively. In other sectors, CCNN consolidated on previous gains with a 4.9 per cent mark-up. Fringe players, A.G. Leventis and Nahco Aviance also gained 5.0 per cent and 4.8 per cent respectively.