Nigerian Stock Market Statistics (Wednesday, 25th January, 2012)

Market Cap (N’bn) 6,500.23
Market Cap (US$’bn) 40.61
NSE All-Share Index 20,625.56
Daily Performance % 0.13
1 Week Performance % (1.77)
YTD Performance % (0.51)
Daily Volume (Million) 420.11
Daily Value (N’bn) 2.05
Daily Value (US$’m) 12.83
The NSE All-Share Index inched up by 13bps today. The banking sector rallied, recording more gains than in previous sessions this week. On the up-tick were top-tier and mid-tier banks. Diamond Bank and Fidelity Bank both rallied with gains in excess of 4.0 per cent apiece, closing with demand that could lead to further gains. GTBank and First Bank also bagged marginal gains. The conglomerates sector was quiet. Institutional sales curbed the rally on PZ Cussons to 0.8 per cent, however, healthy demand for the stock could spur a rally. Other companies in the sector recorded no price change. In other sectors, Honeywell Flour consolidated on yesterday’s gains with a 3.5 per cent mark-up. Also on the up-tick were Nascon and Berger Paints with gains of 2.2 per cent and 4.9 per cent respectively.