The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday shed N68 billion as a result of profit taking embarked by investors.

The Nigerian equities market on Wednesday extended negative trend with the crucial market indices dropping by 0.59 per cent on profit taking in high capitalised stocks.

Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed after the Easter holidays on Tuesday with a loss of 0.03 per cent.

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), for the second consecutive day, maintained bearish trend, dropping further by 1.02 per cent due largely to mixed 2018 earnings reports.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, and Meristem Securities Limited are collaborating to launch two new style indices – the NSE-Meristem Growth Index and NSE-Meristem Value Index. These indices will be available real-time on the NSE’s website from tomorrow, (Tuesday, March 12, 2019).

The market capitalisation of listed equities on Tuesday shed N85 billion in six hours of trading to what traders attributed to profit taking as a result of presidential poll.

Trading on the nation’s bourse swayed southward on Wednesday to record its first depreciation in February, shedding 0.15 per cent.

Stockbrokers  under the aegis of Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, CIS have called on the Federal Government to review the entire financial system and as well as list some of its entities in Nigeria and other world’s major stock exchanges if its vision of double digit growth must be realised.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE equity market opened the week on a positive note, extending gains from the previous week on the back of price appreciation in blue chip companies across the sector.

The indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained a positive trend on Thursday with the market capitalisation gaining N229 billion in one day, ahead of 2018 earnings season.