United Bank For Africa Plc
30 Dec
Three bank stocks – United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Universal Insurance Plc and Zenith Bank Plc – dominated activities in the financial service sector of the Nigerian stock market last week, contributing 21.2 per cent to activities.
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For the first time in several years, the consumer goods sub-sector displaced the financial sector at the end of last week's transactions on the equities sector of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) with 1.3 billion shares valued at N106 billion
29 Apr 2024
A turnover of 1.8 billion shares worth N34.3 billion was recorded in 37,528 deals by investors on the floor of the Exchange last week.This volume of shares traded was however higher than 1.6 billion units valued at N32.3 billion that was exchanged in 44,915 deals during the preceding week.
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Inflation will hit 34.98 per cent this month, analysts at Cordros Capital analysts have said.
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The financial services industry (measured by volume) dominated in volume terms at the end of last week's transactions with 859.6 million shares valued at N20.6 billion in 12,297 deals, contributing 75.9 per cent to the total equity turnover.
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The financial services industry (measured by volume) dominated in volume terms at the end of last week's transactions with 859.6 million shares valued at N20.6 billion in 12,297 deals, contributing 75.9 per cent to the total equity turnover.
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Four leading Nigerian banks by market capitalisation, achieved combined gross earnings of N7.99 trillion gross earnings in their 2023 full-year operations, a figure that is 248 per cent higher than the 2022 performance.
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