Nigerian bourse begins the week weak as Index down by 0.12%

Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange began the week on negative territory as the All-Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization decreased by 0.12 per cent, while the year-to-date return stood at 23.67 per cent.
The All-Share Index closed at 33,235.28 against the previous close of 33,276.68 while Market Capitalization closed at ₦11.490 trillion against previous close of ₦11.504 trillion.
Volume traded decreased by 26.99 per cent from 686.304 million to 501.082 million, while the total value of stock traded increased by 0.68 per cent from ₦6.070 billion to ₦6.112 billion in 6,635 deals.
The Financial Services sector led the activity chart with 383.718 million shares exchanged for ₦3.682 billion. Conglomerates came next with 46.612 million shares traded for ₦0.094 billion, Consumer Goods, Oil And Gas, Healthcare sectors followed in that order on the activity chart.
Access, FCMB, Guaranty, Transcorp and FBNH were the most active stocks by volume. Ashakacem, Maybaker, Honyflour, Sterlnbank and PZ emerged the highest price gainers on the chart, while Intbrew, UACN, AIICO, Fidelitybk and UPL topped the losers chart.