At the end of yesterday’s trading session at Nigeria’s stock exchange, Honeywell Flour Mills Plc recorded a loss of 8.00% amounting to N1.03 billion in market capitalization which can be attributed to sell-offs in the shares of the company.
The shares declined from N1.67 per share at the start of the trading day, to N1.54 per share, N0.02 higher than the lowest price traded at the close of the market yesterday.
The sell-offs witnessed in the company shares negatively influenced the company’s market capitalization from N13.24 billion to N12.21 billion at the end of trading activities, taking the depreciation to N1.03 billion.
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Goddy Egene
The nation’s stock market remained bearish last week leading to a decline of 0.15 per cent in the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) All-Share Index to close at 38,808.01, while market capitalisation ended at N20.310 trillion.
The market had similarly dipped the previous week. However, unlike two weeks ago when the volume and value of trading also decline, investors staked more funds last week.
A total of 1.263 billion shares worth N10.759 billion were traded in 19,975 deals last week, up from 887.037 million shares valued at N9.193 billion that exchanged in 17,837 deals the preceding week.
After the earning season and as the second quarter began recently, investors are said to be realigning their portfolio with eyes on yield movements in the fixed income (FI) market. Also, the nation’s subsisting stagflation environment remains a potent threat to investment returns in the financial market.
As a Nigerian interested in investing or making money, names like Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Mike Adenuga, Tony Elumelu, Jim Ovia, Rabiu Abdulsalam etc., come to mind as aspirational role models. These men have all made billions of naira investing in companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange either as founders or strategic investors.
However, there are many other lesser-known investors in companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange who are worth billions (in naira). These investors are seasoned and while they may not always be the founders of the companies they are invested in; they own a significant chunk of the business through strategic investment stakes that earn them billions annually in capital appreciation and dividends.