Nigeria: Stock Market Index Sustains Sliding Profile, Down By 0.7%

The reign of the bears continued unabated on the equity sector of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), as more blue-chip stocks constituted the losers chart, resulting to a further slide in the All-share index by 0.7 per cent.

Yesterday, the All Share Index (ASI) gained 222.36 absolute points, representing a growth of 0.73 per cent to close at 30,099.83 points, but not enough to sustain the fortunes, as the market capitalisation lost N98 billion to close at N13.256 trillion.

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