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Published 25 May 2021
The Nigerian stock market extended its decline on Monday as 17 companies saw their share prices decline at the end of trading.
Investors in the market lost N600bn last week as the market capitalisation of equities fell below the N20tn mark.
The Nigerian Exchange Limited All-Share Index and market capitalisation declined by 2.93 per cent to close on Friday at 38,324.07 basis points and N19.98tn respectively.
The ASI fell further by 0.10 per cent on Monday to 38,287.58 basis points while the market capitalisation dropped to N19.96tn.
A total of N141.15 million shares valued at N1.09bn were traded by investors in 3,566 deals on Monday.
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’Femi Asu
The Nigerian stock market, which began the month on a positive note, resumed its decline on Tuesday as 26 firms recorded price losses at the end of trading.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index had risen by 0.33 per cent after investors on Monday, the first trading day of the month, after February saw investors record a total loss of N1.37tn.
But the benchmark index, ASI, fell by 0.59 per cent on Tuesday to 39,697.62 basis points from 39,931.63bps on Monday.
The market capitalisation of equities dropped by N120bn to close at N20.77tn on Tuesday from N20.89tn on Monday.