The consumer goods sector was worst hit by the downtrend of the five sectorial indices as it slid by 0.62% to 602.71 index points, further aiding losses.
A five-day gaining streak on the Nigerian stock market came to halt on Monday as profit-taking efforts in the shares of
Speculators saw the substantial gain recorded throughout last week as a chance to recoup their investment even though this came at a cost to the bourse, with the day's loss coming to N39.535 billion.
The consumer goods sector was worst hit by the downtrend of the five sectorial indices as it slid by 0.62% to 602.71 index points, further aiding losses.
However, trade ended with a positive breadth with 35 gainers recorded against 22 losers.
The All Share Index (ASI) dipped by 0.23% to close at 41,082.38 index points. Market capitalisation slipped to N21.491 trillion.
Year to date, the index is up by 2.02%.
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738.525 million shares estimated at N4.173 billion were traded in 7,396 deals.
Living Trust was the most active stock with 272 million million of its stocks worth N163.200 million traded in 2 deals. 92.361 million units of
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