Investors Lose ₦83.5bn In Trading As Equity Capitalization Crashes

Monday, April 4 was such a sad day for investors after losing ‘massively’ in 8 hours of trading.

The investors yesterday, recorded a deficit of ₦83.56 billion to open the week’s market, Naija News understands.

The loss was recorded following a crash in equity capitalization by 0.33 percent at the close of the day’s trading.

The market statistics show that equity capitalisation dropped from N25.25 trillion to N25.16 trillion on Monday.

The All-Share Index was down by 155.01 basis points to close at 46,687.85 compared to 46,842.86 reported last Friday.

Naija News understands that investors traded 219.49 million shares worth N1.93 billion in 5,168 deals on Monday.

The figures fell short of the 157.32 million shares valued at N2.86 billion which exchanged hands in 4,586 deals in the previous week.

Redstar Express topped the gainers list with N0.27kobo to rise from N2.70kobo per share to N2.97kobo.

NAHCO’s share was up by N0.42kobo to move from N4.29kobo to N4.71kobo per share.

Meyer’s share appreciated by 9.72 percent to move from N0.72kobo to N0.79kobo per share.

Veritas Kapital gained 9.52 percent to end trading with N0.23kobo from N0.21kobo per share while UPDC’s share price rose by 9.21 percent to close at N0.83kobo from N0.76kobo per share.

Regal Insurance led the losers’ table, shedding 9.68 percent to drop from N0.31kobo to N0.28kobo per share.

Japaul Gold’s share dropped by 8.82 percent to end trading at N0.31kobo from N0.34kobo per share.

Wapic’s share fell from N0.44kobo to N0.41kobo per share after losing 6.82 percent during trading.

Linkage Assurance lost 6 percent to end trading with N0.47kobo from N0.50kobo per share, Naija News understands.

Jaiz Bank completed the list after losing 5.71 percent of its market price to drop from N0.70kobo to N0.66kobo per share.

UBA traded 15.08 million shares worth N113.72 million.

Zenith Bank sold 12.57 million shares worth N278.40 million, while AccessCorp traded 11.95 million valued at N116.20 million.

Transcorp led the day’s trading with 28.48 million shares valued at N369.65 million.

Fidelity Bank followed with 23.53 million shares valued at N79.95 million.

This article was originally published on Nigeria News

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