At the close of stock trading session on Tuesday, the Nigerian Exchange Limited All-Share Index (ASI) closed flat by 0.00 percent, from day-open level of 47,066.77 points to 47,064.82 points.

Meanwhile, the value of listed stocks on the Nigerian Bourse stood at N25.361trillion from preceding day’s N25.360trillion.

January’s headline reading declined by 3 basis points (bps) when compared with the previous month) to 15.60percent year-on-year (y/y).

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In 5,331 deals, investors exchanged 274,206,976 units valued at N3.817billion. Year-to-date (YtD) positive return printed at 10.18 percent.
Access Bank, Japaul Gold, Guinness, Sterling Bank and Etranzact were actively traded stocks.

The market has decreased by 0.29percent week-to- date (WtD). Month-to-date (MtD) return remains positive at 0.94 percent.

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Iheanyi Nwachukwu, is a creative content writer with almost two decades journalism experience writing on banking, finance, capital markets, and tax. The multiple awards winning journalist is Assistant Editor, BusinessDay. Iheanyi holds BSc Degree in Economics from Imo State University; Master of Science (MSc) Degree in Management from University of Lagos. Iheanyi has attended several work-related trainings including (i) Advanced Writing and Reporting Skills (Pan African University, Lagos); (ii) News Agency Journalism (Indian Institute of Mass Communication {IIMC}, New Delhi, India); and (iii) Capital Markets Development and Regulations (International Law Institute {ILI} of Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA). Other trainings Iheanyi attended include: Economic/Political Risk Analysis (By Thomson Reuters Foundation); International Financial Journalism (IFJ) (By PMA Media Training, UK); Effective Business Writing Skills (By Phillips Consulting); Reporting on Corporate Governance (By International Finance Corporation (IFC) & Thomson Reuters Foundation UK); etc. In addition, he has participated in high-level economy & markets events in Dubai, South Africa, Morocco, and other African countries like Zambia, Ghana and Gambia.

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