Nigerian Stock Market Statistics (Monday,17th December, 2012)

Market Cap (N’bn) 8,784.62
Market Cap (US$’bn) 55.67
NSE All-Share Index 27,492.89
Daily Performance % 0.70)
1 Week Performance % 2.50
YTD Performance % 32.62
Daily Volume (Million) 277.36
Daily Value (N’bn) 3.29
Daily Value (US$’m) 20.87
The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index lost 70basis points today. The banking sector was in line with market trend recording more losses than gains. Selling pressure trimmed off 1.3 per cent and 2.3 per cent from FBN Holdings and GTBank, however demand remained strong and could curb further losses. On the flip side, Zenith Bank was steady at N18.00 picking up 0.2 per cent while UBA closed flat. Last minute sales sent NB south dropping 3.0 per cent, with the possibility of further losses as offers outweighed demand and participants could review their prices downwards tomorrow. Guinness was not spared either with a 1.9 per cent loss. On the flip side International Breweries was up 10.0 per cent with a clearance of available offers at the close of the session. In the conglomerate sector PZ Cussons recovered with a 5.7 per cent mark-up, recording the lone gain in the sector today. UACN and John Holt however headed south with losses of 2.2 per cent and 4.8 per cent respectively.