Dangote Sugar Refinery
3 Jan
At the end of the 2024 financial year, five listed firms across sectors posted over 30 per cent yearly loss, rating the stocks among the worst performers on the country’s bourse in the period.
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The oil and gas sector led the gainers' chart at the end of last week's transaction on the equities sector of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) with 3.5 per cent buoyed by 33.5 per cent price appreciation in Oando and a ten per cent gain in Total Plc.
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The crises affecting firms under the manufacturing and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector may have caused six listed firms an average of 25 per cent loss in their share price valuation in the last seven months.
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The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) extended gains for the third consecutive session yesterday, as buying interest in Dangote Sugar Refinery
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1 May 2024
Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) has announced plans to hit 700,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar in the next four to five years. The figure constitutes 50 per cent of the current demand for sugar in Nigeria. At the company's 18th yearly general meeting held in Lagos yesterday, the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said…
29 Apr 2024
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26 Mar 2024
Following losses recorded by most bluechip stocks, especially Dangote Sugar Refinery and Transcorp Power, trading on the Nigerian Exchange Limited closed on a downward note yesterday as market capitalisation declined by N289 billion.
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The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) extended gains, to reopen in an upbeat yesterday, as appreciation in Transcorp the Power Plc and 33 stocks lifted market capitalisation by N404 billion.
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Following gains in 37 stocks, the Nigerian equities market reversed losses, to close upbeat yesterday, as the all-share index (ASI) appreciated by 0.7 per cent.
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