The Nigerian Stock Exchange This Week
The All Share Index declined by 2.93% to sum up the week's performance. A total turnover of 7.157 billion shares worth N42.545 billion in 39,037 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 5.011 billion shares valued at N45.816 billion that exchanged hands last week in 44,569 deals. The week was characterized by profit taking, while the index declined by 2.93%, Diamond bank that led the losers table lost by a whooping 26.05%. The general Market performance could have been worse if not for the high capitalized stock that came to the show. Below is the summary of the market performance: Stock Week on Week Return WAPIC 10.91% DANGSUGAR 9.80% NASCON 9.63% TRANSEXPR 8.00% PZ 6.82% NB 6.72% UAC-PROP 6.67% DANGFLOUR 6.55% CUTIX 5.73% LEARNAFRICA 5.43% Stock Year to Date Return SKYEBANK 156.00% UNITYBNK 137.74% WEMABANK 119.23% FCMB 106.76% ...