Nigerian bourse down 1.84%, investors lose N226bn on Friday

The Nigerian Stock Exchange closed red on Friday as All-Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization decreased by 1.84 per cent while the year-to-date return stood at 30.26 per cent even as investors on the Exchange recorded price depreciation of N226 billion.
The All-Share Index closed at 35,005.57 against the previous close of 35,660.04 while Market Capitalization closed at ₦12.068 trillion against previous close of ₦12.294 trillion.
Volume traded increased by 24.80 per cent from 128.312 million to 160.139 million, while the total value of stock traded increased by 8.35 per cent from ₦2.728 billion to ₦2.956 billion in 3,367 deals.
The Financial Services sector led the activity chart with 130.492 million shares exchanged for ₦1.12 billion. Consumer Goods came next with 11.237 million shares traded for ₦1.244 billion, Conglomerates, Industrial Goods, Agriculture sectors followed in that order on the activity chart.
Fidelitybk, FBNH, Access, Zenithbank and Afriprud were the most active stocks by volume. Cutix, Transcohot, NEM, Transcorp and Intbrew emerged the highest price gainers on the chart, while Neimeth, Fidson, Honyflour, Maybaker and Cadbury topped the losers chart.