Nigerian Stock Market Statistics Monday,28th January, 2013

Market Cap (N’bn) 10,070.28
Market Cap (US$’bn) 64.01
NSE All-Share Index 31,474.88
Daily Performance % (0.34)
1 Week Performance % 2.05
YTD Performance % 12.09
Daily Volume (Million) 970.15
Daily Value (N’bn) 8.04
Daily Value (US$’m) 51.10
The Nigerian Stock Exchange All- share index lost 34 basis points today. Mixed sentiments in the market led to more gains than losses at the close of the day’s proceeding, on the up-tick were Unity Bank and Wema Bank with insatiable demand leading to gains of 9.7 per cent and 4.2 per cent. Top –tier banks UBA, Zenith Bank and FBN Holdings also closed on the up-tick picking up 4.2 per cent, 1.8 per cent and 1.1 per cent apiece.
On the flip side selling pressure trimmed off 3.5 per cent and 2.9 per cent from Sterling Bank and Diamond Bank while Fidelity Bank and Skye Bank also dropped over 2.0 per cent apiece. Dangote Cement dropped a further 4.6 per cent today with closing sentiments suggesting the possibility of further decline in coming sessions.
On the other hand CCNN bagged 4.9 per cent, and closed with unfilled demand that could lead to further gains tomorrow. Lafarge Wapco also finished with a 0.3 per cent mark-up. UACN and Transcorp were top picks in the conglomerate today, with gains in excess of 5.0 per cent a piece. AG Leventis also recorded a slimmer 2.6 per cent mark-up. Unilever and John Holt however went south dropping 1kobo and 10 kobo respectively.