NGSE Indicators Soar, Investors Upbeat, Despite Poor Showing By Late Filers
Market Update for October 29, 2018 Monday’s was a strong volatile session on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), as the week started positive, while extending three consecutive days of uptrend as more companies hastened to release their quarterly earnings reports ahead of midweek’s statutory deadline for submission of quarterly filings for the period ended September 30, 2018. The numbers filed during Monday’s trading session showed mixed in performance, even as they came well below market expectations, especially the scorecards from bellwether stock- Nigerian Breweries, and Aiico Insurance, which further confirmed the impact of weak economic activities and dwindling productivity in the nation. Market indices opened on the downside in the morning, oscillating up and down until midday, when it bounced up significantly by afternoon on the strength of price appreciations of high cap stocks in the banking and Industrial Goods sectors. The benchmark NSE...