Nigerian Stock Market Statistics (Monday, 30th January, 2012)

Market Cap (N’bn) 6,533.69
Market Cap (US$’bn) 40.49
NSE All-Share Index 20,731.72
Daily Performance % (0.77)
1 Week Performance % 0.23
YTD Performance % 0.01
Daily Volume (Million) 281.45
Daily Value (N’bn) 0.86
Daily Value (US$’m) 5.32
The NSE All-Share Index lost 77bps at the close of the day’s proceedings. The banking sector slid into bearish territory. First Bank, UBA and Zenith Bank dropped varied points as investors sought to exit previous positions. On the flip side, Stanbic IBTC recovered today, rallying with a 1.1 per cent gain; growing demand could support more gains in the near future. Also on the up-tick were Fidelity Bank and GTBank, closing with gains of 1.4 per cent and 0.6 per cent respectively. The petroleum marketing sector was in line with the current trend as Oando, MRS Oil and Conoil all closed on offer, shedding maximum points. Eterna Oil was the lone gainer in the sector, bagging maximum points and closing bids could lead to further gains tomorrow. In other sectors, crossed deals at N119.00 shaved off 0.8 per cent from Dangote Cement, while Presco rallied with a 4.9 per cent gain on the back of crossed deals at the close of the session.