The Nigerian Bourse (NGX) closed negative amidst buy-interests and sell-offs as bears dominated proceedings, weighing down the broad market by 52 basis points. The All-share Index (ASI) depreciated by 0.52% to close at 44,625.18 points. Â
In the same vein, market capitalization declined by N127.77 billion to close at N24.306 trillion, while the Year-to-Date (YtD) returns settled at 4.47%. The stock market has advanced by 1,908.74 base points since the start of the year. Â
The SWOOTs capitalization closed negative at the end of the trading session.Â
Market breadth closed positive as REGALINS led 12 gainers, with 9 losers, topped by PHARMDEKO at the end of today’s session.Â
On a sectoral level, 1 of the 5 major indices of the Nigerian Exchange closed negative with the NGX Insurance index down by 0.98%, while the NGX banking and Consumer Goods indices grew by 1.11% and 0.01 respectively. Similarly, NGX Oil & Gas and Industrial remained unchanged  Â
Market indices Â
- NGX ASI: 44,625.18points Â
- Previous ASI: 44,859.78 points Â
- % Day Change: 0.52% Â
- % Y-t-D: 4.47%Â
- Market Cap (N): 24.306 trillion Â
- Volume: 150,973,185Â
- Value (N): 1.55 billion Â
- Deals: 2,998Â
NGX top ASI gainers  Â
- REGALINS up +8.70% to close at N0.25Â
- SOVRENINS Â up +8.00% to close at N0.27Â
- JAPAULGOLD up + 7.41% to close at N0.29Â
- CORNERST up +4.17% to close at N0.50Â
- UACN up +4.07% to close at N8.95Â
NGX top ASI losers Â
- PHARMDEKO down – 9.76% to close at N1.89Â
- LINKASSURE down – 9.30% to close at N0.39Â
- WAPIC down – 8.33% to close at N0.33Â
- ABCTRANS down – 7.41% to close at N0.25Â
- AIICO down – 3.45% to close at N0.56Â
Top 3 by volume Â
- MBENEFIT – 47,845,747Â
- PHARMDEKO – 22,636,950Â
- TRANSCORP – 8,978,350Â
Top 3 by value Â
- AIRTELAFRI – N573,527,946.50Â
- MTNN – N340,681,782.10Â
- GTCO – N102,308,602.85Â
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