Nigerian Stock Market Statistics (Tuesday,12th March, 2013)

Market Cap (N’bn) 10,672.30
Market Cap (US$’bn) 67.46
NSE All-Share Index 33,351.70
Daily Performance % 1.40
1 Week Performance % 1.73
YTD Performance % 18.78
Daily Volume (Million) 474.67
Daily Value (N’bn) 4.83
Daily Value (US$’m) 30.51
The Nigerian Stock Exchange All share index was up 140 basis points, spurred by activities in the breweries sector. According to Afrinvest Nigeria Breweries shot up 6.4 per cent to close at N172.50 probably driven up by the approaching closure date of the register(14/03/13). Closing demand suggests that this trend could continue at the next trading.
Guinness Afrinvest said was also on the up-tick gradually inching up to close at N289.90 a 9.3 per cent mark-up. Growing demand for Unity Bank at limit up culminated in a 9.2 per cent mark-up, strong closing demand could push its price further up in coming sessions. Buying interest in top-tier banks also led to slim gains of 2.1 per cent for UBA and 0.9 per cent for Zenith Bank. GTBank and FBN Holding however closed flat with slight deviations from current levels during the session. The building materials sector was also upbeat, Lafarge Wapco picked up 1.4 per cent, while CCNN and Dangote Cement bagged 0.5 per cent and 0.3 per cent. Ashaka Cement on the other hand remained unchanged.