26 June 2018 ( Lagos ): Even after opening on a positive note today, and trending upwards, ASI got hit by the negative performance of the oil and gas sector but stayed strong and observed a meager dip of 3.58 bps ( 0.01% ).
Even though (
OANDO ) advanced by 4.72%; the massive dip in (
JAPAULOIL ) by 8.89%, was a complete deal breaker.
The banking sector performed fairly well today with upsurges in (
FCMB ), (FIDELITYBK ) and (
ACCESS ) by 9%, 4.95% and 1.97% respectively over weighed the dips in (
ZENITHBANK ) by 1.73% and (
UBA ) by 0.94%
Th industrial goods and insurance sector saw some extreme changes , where (
WAPCO ) advanced by 2.49%; (
CCNN ) fell by 4.82%. Similarly, as (
PRESTIGE ) led laggards by dipping 4.76%; (
NEM ) shot up by steeply 9.87%.
Lastly, the consumer goods sector observed mixed sentiments. ( INTBREW) shed 6.14%; but advances in bellwether stocks like (
HONYFLOUR ) and (
DANGFLOUR ) by 4.67% and 1.45% respectively , helped the sector.
Reporting for EasyKobo on 26 June 2018, Tuesday in Lagos, Nigeria.