Daily Market Update | 15-08-2023
Today, the Nigerian equities market closed on a negative note as the bench mark index declined 0.43% to close at 64,928.98 points. Consequently, its Year-to-Date return printed at 26.69% (Yesterday: 27.24%). The weak performance was primarily driven by selloffs in Dangote Sugar Refinery PLC, FBNH Holdings PLC, Access Holdings PLC and United Bank for Africa […]
Stock Recommendation for the Week , May 06
The Nigerian Bourse closed negative last week with the NSE ASI slipping 1.78% WoW to close at 29,212.00 points, while market capitalization lost N198 billion. The bearish sentiment was spurred by losses across the Cement (-3.67%), Banking (-2.00%), Personal Care (-1.20%) and Food (-1.18%) sectors. Dissecting the sector performance reveals selloff across various stocks such […]
Stock Recommendation for the Week , April 23
After five consecutive weeks of losses, the market took a turn last week with the NSE ASI appreciating 2.52% WoW to close at 30,086.31 points, and the market capitalization gaining N197.5 billion. The bullish sentiment was spurred by gains across major sectors – Banking (+2.01%), Breweries (+5.53%), Cement (+1.52%), Personal care (+1.54%), and Food (+8.12%). […]
ARM Research – Stock Recommendation for the Week , March 18
The equities market closed the week negative, with the NSE ASI shedding 2.45% WoW to close at 31,142.72 points while market capitalization lost N291.5 billion to N11.6 trillion. The downturn was driven by bearish sentiments in the Banking (-4.81%), Brewers (-1.80%), Cement (-2.42%), Personal Care (-1.22%), and Insurance (-0.23%) indices which offset gains in Food […]
The Pentad – Urban Retail Price Tracker | Market Research
Prices take an inch back Our Urban Retail Price Tracker – the PURP index – recorded a modest pace of price increase of 0.42% MoM to 111.3 pts in January (vs 0.45% MoM in December). Price pressure remained more evident in the commodities and consumer basket, with the increase in the latter driven largely […]
ARM Research”: Initial View – Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc Q3 19
Earnings drown on higher cost and operating expense Yesterday, Flour Mills of Nigeria released its third quarter (FQ3 19) result for the period ended December 2019, which showed a 27.4% YoY contraction in EPS by 27.4% YoY to N0.69 following persisting pressure on margins from higher cost of sales (+7.3% YoY) and higher operating expense […]
