Yuletide sell-off continues, deepens volatility | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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The general lull in the equities market, following preparations for the yuletide, resulted in a highly-volatile session last week.

Although positive sentiments trailed large-cap consumer goods, banking, insurance and industrial goods, massive sell-offs of MTN Nigeria, FBN Holdings, Access Bank and Zenith Bank stocks eroded the gains, causing the market capitalisation and index to close flat.

Analysts have predicted sustained volatility, with marginal gains, amid profit-taking and repositioning. According to them, investors were offloading their holdings to attend to some basic needs, which resulted in a decline in both market indicators. “Therefore, we anticipate mixed sessions to close out the year, as we expect the market to be majorly driven by portfolio rebalancing activities.”

“However, we advise investors to take positions in only fundamentally justified stocks as the weak macro environment remains a significant headwind for corporate earnings.” The conglomerate industry followed with 246.783 million shares worth N 2.1 billion in 382 deals. The consumer goods industry ranked third, with a turnover of 30.307 million shares worth N1.669 billion in 2,157 deals.

 

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