The bearish sentiment in the market persists today as the All-share index dipped by -0.29% to close at 38,601.83 due to price declines recorded in GUINNESS (-9.91%), MTNN (-2.38%), WAPCO (-0.48%) and ZENITHBANK (-0.45%). Consequently, Year to date the market settled at -4.14%.

Sectorial performance closed on a mixed note as 3 out of the 5 indices under our purview returned negative. The NSE Industrial, NSE Consumer Goods and NSE Oil& Gas was down by 0.05%, 0.37% and 0.20% respectively. Meanwhile, the NSE Banking sector and the NSE Insurance closed positive by 0.03% and 0.59% respectively.

Market activity levels closed on a positive note today as the total volume and value of shares advanced by 7.58% and 113.25% respectively. A total of 208.7 million units of shares valued at N2.90billion traded in 4,013 deals.

The three most traded tocks by volume were FIDELITYBK (38.56mn units), GUARANTY (32.83mn units) and FBNH (16.86mn units) while GUARANTY (N951mn), DANGCEM (N412mn) and MTNN (N360mn) led by value traded.

JPAULGOLD (+8.70%) led the 15 gainers for the day while GUINNESS (-9.94%) led the 18 losers for the day.