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Nigeria stocks in sustained bear run as NSEASI declines 0.25%

May 23, 20182.9K views0 comments

The bearish performance of the Nigerian bourse continued for the fifth consecutive trading session Wednesday as benchmark index, the NSEASI declined 25bps to settle at 40,150.55 points while year-to-date (YTD) return moderated to 5.0 percent.

Consequently, market capitalisation lost N35.8 billion to settle at N14.5 trillion.

Profit taking in ETI (-2.2%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-0.7%) and DANGSUGAR (-2.5%) were the major drag to today’s performance. Nonetheless, activity level was mixed as volume traded fell 4.8 percent to 266.7 million units while value traded rose 14.3 percent to N4.7 billion.

The top traded stocks by volume were IKEJAHOTEL (45.8m), which has maintained the top spot for the second consecutive trading session after the NSE lifted the suspension on trading of the stock on Monday, while ACCESS (30.4m) and FIDSON (27.2m) followed closely. NESTLE (N2.2bn), GUARANTY (N598.7m) and ZENITH (N560.0m) were the top traded stocks by value.

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Sector performance was largely bearish as 4 of 5 indices under our watch trended southwards. The Oil & Gas index was the only gainer appreciating 0.1% on account of gains in MRS (+4.9%).

On the contrary, the consumer goods index shed the most, down 0.5 percent, following losses in NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-0.7%) and DANGSUGAR (-2.5%) while the Insurance index fell 0.3 percent as a result of sell pressures in LINKASSURE (-4.4%) and AIICO (-4.6%).

Similarly, the banking and industrial goods indices declined 0.2 percent and 0.1 percent respectively due to profit taking in ETI (-2.2%), FCMB (-4.8%), CAP (-2.9%) and NASCON (-0.2%).

Investor sentiment as measured by market breadth (advance/decline ratio) softened to 0.5x from 0.6x recorded the preceding trading session as 15 stocks advanced compared to 28 stocks that declined.

The top performers were IKEJAHOTEL (+9.8%), MRS (+4.9%) and FIRSTALUM (+4.6%) while UACN (-8.5%), CHAMS (-5.0%) and CILEASING (-4.9%) were the worst performing stocks.

“With the Relative Strength Index (RSI) of the ASI at 33.2 – close to the oversold region, we anticipate a rebound in the near term. Nevertheless, we do not rule out the possibility of sustained sell-offs in subsequent trading sessions this week,” according to analysts at Afrinvest Research.

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