MARKET UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
CONTINUED VOLATILITY, AS NIGERIA’S EQUITIES MARKET SEARCHES FOR DIRECTION The nation’s stock market continued its volatility on Wednesday, as it continues struggling to find direction in the last trading week of quarter with mixed sentiments that had been reflected in the traded volume trend since the beginning of the week, which made the period somewhat dull, thereby disappointing many market players. The seeming low volume seems an extension of the wait-and-see attitude of traders and investors in the days leading to Monday and Tuesday meeting of the of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to see steps by the monetary and fiscal authorities to boost productivity that will drive economic growth and development, going forward. The benchmark index on Wednesday had a snapback-recovery to halt two trading sessions of bear run. Trading started out with big gaps to the upside, in the morning, which held secondary support, and then cam...