May and Baker

Trading at the nation’s bourse closed flat on Wednesday with the All-Share Index (ASI), which opened at 24,174.45, closing at 24,173.53. Newsmen report that the ASI dropped by just 0.92 points or 0.004 per cent. Similarly, the market capitalisation lost one billion naira to close at N12.610 trillion against N12.609 trillion recorded on Tuesday. The marginal downturn witnessed in the market was due to losses in GlaxoSmithKline, Africa Prudential, Caverton, Sterling Bank and Consolidated Hallmark Insurance. Analysts at APT Securities and Funds Limited urged investors to position in fundamentally justified stocks. They noted that the market was set to rally in response to impressive half year earnings results. Eterna dominated the gainers’ chart in percentage terms, gaining 8.89 per cent, to ...