; NIBOR Moves in Mixed Directions…
The domestic bourse dipped by 0.14% amid renewed sell pressure despite the Exchange recording 21 gainers as against 15 losers at the close of trade.
Given investors’ negative sentiment towards equities, shares of ZENITHBANK and INTBREW plummeted by 1.94% and 9.48% respectively, thus, dragging their respective sectorial gauges lower by 0.27% and 0.85%.
Also, the total volume and value of traded equities declined by 50.29% and 60.25% to 220.62 million units and N2.24 billion respectively.
Hence, the year-to-date gain of the NSE ASI reduced to 3.62%.
However, the Oil/Gas sector increased by 0.49% as shares of OANDO rose by 3.17%. Elsewhere, NIBOR moved in mixed directions across tenure buckets while NITTY rose for most maturities tracked. In the bond market, value of the OTC FGN long term papers maintained a decrease for all maturities tracked amid sell pressure.