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Nigerian Stock Exchange Watch: Honeywell, Fidelity, Dangote Cement lead despite Strike

By on January 9, 2012

The Nigerian Stock Exchange managed to gain in trading today, despite a nationwide strike action that grounded most businesses in the country.

The All Share Index was up 0.37% to close at 20,802.33. The performace of the market was aided by the appreciation of Dangote Cement stock, which recorded an uptick of 181 points. The only other Dangote Group company to record activity today was Dangote Flour that added 333 points.

Here is a snapshot of today’s top gainers:

 

There weren’t many laggards in the market today, here is a snapshot of the category:

There wasn’t much activity in the market today due to the Labour Strike, below are the top 5 volume leaders:

Approximately 46 million shares valued at about N 600 million  traded today. The market capitalization of the bourse stands at N 6.5 trillion.