Mixed Trend Ahead, As Investors Await More Earnings, MPC Meeting Outcome
Market Update for the Week Ended July 23 and Outlook for July 26-30 NGX Indexes were up over the past trading week, despite the two days Salah holiday, as earnings reports season commenced fully with more impressive numbers emanated from different sectors and companies on the exchange. This, expectedly, boosted market sentiment, as it turned positive, with improved liquidity and activities that impacted equity prices, halting two consecutive weeks of correction and profit-taking. The recent rekindled buying interests and rally resulted from investors realigning their portfolios among sectors and stocks with high upside potentials, with their expected earnings likely to beat market and analyst expectations. Already, corporate earnings released so far have given insights into what the market and investors should expect, especially with the prevailing mixed and weak macroeconomic indices ahead of next week’s Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting with the ex...