Consumer goods, industrial stocks fuel market’s N182bn gain

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Investors interest in consumer goods and industrial stocks pushed equities value higher by N182billion in the four-day trading week ended Friday May 2.


Nigeria’s stock market rose by 0.27 percent in the review week following three days of positive closes as against a day of negative close.


In the review week, investors took profit in banking, insurance and oil & gas stocks. Despite the week’s mixed trading sessions, the market’s year-to-date (YtD) returned stood higher at +3.03 percent.

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