Finance

NGX All-Share Index declines by 0.09%

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3 years ago

November 17, 2022

Today, the bears dominated the domestic bourse as the NGX All-Share Index (ASI) fell by 0.09% to settle at 44,011.22 points. The market’s weak performance was primarily driven by selloffs in Tier-1 banks, ZENITHBANK (-2.29%), GTCO (-1.55%) and ACCESSCORP (-0.60%). Nevertheless, the market remains on track for another weekly loss. Consequently, the ASI’s year-to-date (YTD) return fell to 3.03% and the market capitalisation lost ₦21.37bn to close at ₦23.97trn..

Analysis of today’s market activities showed trade turnover settled lower relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions down by 70.36%. A total of 97.70m shares valued at ₦847.88m were exchanged in 2,980 deals. TRANSCORP (+0.00%) led the volume chart with 10.65m units traded while GTCO (-1.55%) led the value chart in deals worth ₦134.00m.

Market breadth closed negative at a 1.5-to-1 ratio with declining issues outnumbering advancing ones. GUINNESS (-9.97%) topped seventeen (17) others on the laggard’s table, while UNILEVER (+10.00%) led eleven (11) others on the gainer’s log.

Find below key highlights of market activities.

Indicators	Current	Change (%)	YTD
All-Share Index	44,011.22	-0.09	3.03
Market Cap. (₦ ‘trillion)	23.97	-0.09	7.51
Volume (millions)	97.70	-38.72
Value (₦ ‘billion)	0.85	-70.36

Dividend Information for 2022

Company	Dividend (Bonus)	Closure Date	Payment Date
SEPLAT	$0.025 (interim)	11-Nov-22	6-Dec-22
ACCESSCORP	₦0.20 (interim)	28-Sep-22	12-Oct-22
GTCO	₦0.30 (interim)	21-Sep-22	30-Sep-22
UBA	₦0.20 (interim)	22-Sep-22	29-Sep-22
STANBIC	₦1.50 (interim)	7-Sep-22	21-Sep-22
ZENITHBANK	₦0.30 (interim)	7-Sep-22	13-Sep-22
SEPLAT	$0.025 (interim)	15-Aug-22	9-Sep-22
CUSTODIAN	₦0.10 (interim)	26-Aug-22	1-Sep-22
OKOMU OIL	₦7.00 (interim)	26-Aug-22	29-Aug-22
MTNN	₦5.60 (interim)	19-Aug-22	26-Aug-22
BUAFOODS	₦3.50	14-Jul-22	4-Aug-22
AIRTELAF	$0.03 (final)	23-Jun-22	22-Jul-22
BUACEMENT	₦2.60	15-Jul-22	21-Jul-22
FBNH	₦0.35	14-Jun-22	21-Jun-22
NESTLE	₦25.50	3-Jun-22	30-Jun-22
TOTAL	₦18.20 (final)	29-Apr-22	17-Jun-22
DANGSUGAR	₦1.00	2-Jun-22	15-Jun-22
NB	₦1.20 (final)	16-Mar-22	22-Apr-22
WAPCO	₦1.00 (final)	8-Apr-22	21-Apr-22