The 10 best and worst performing stocks in post-election trading on NSE

NSE All-share index and market capitalisation drops by 2.45% in post-election trading.
Eighteen (18) equities gained in price during the week while forty-five (45) equities depreciated in price and one hundred and five (105) equities remained unchanged.
The market recorded a total turnover of 1.11 billion shares worth N13.46 billion in 15,036 deals by investors.

Nigerian equities market closed negative in post-election trading as all-share index and market capitalisation depreciated by 2.45% to close the week at 31,142.72 and N11.614 trillion respectively.

The negative performance was largely attributable to profit taking in African Prudence Plc, Zenith Bank and some tier-2 lenders in the country.

During the week, all other indices declined with the exception of the NSE ASeM and NSE Oil/Gas indices which appreciated by 0.21% and 0.09% respectively.

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According to the figures, eighteen (18) equities appreciated in price during the week while forty-five (45) equities depreciated in price and one hundred and five (105) equities remained unchanged.

The market recorded a total turnover of 1.113 billion shares worth N13.465 billion in 15,036 deals by investors in contrast to a total of 1.290 billion shares valued at N13.873 billion that exchanged hands last week in 17,307 deals.

The Top 10 decliners for the week

AFRICA PRUDENTIAL PLC -20.83%
FCMB GROUP PLC -12.74%
ZENITH BANK PLC -11.82%
INTERNATIONAL BREWERIES PLC. -10.93%
WEMA BANK PLC -10.47%
UNITY BANK PLC -10.00%
JAIZ BANK PLC -10.00%
LEARN AFRICA PLC -9.66%
UPDC REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST -9.24%
TRANSCORP HOTELS PLC -9.24%

Top 10 gainers for the week

CAP PLC 10%
MCNICHOLS PLC 9.62%
ROYAL EXCHANGE PLC 9.37%
CADBURY NIGERIA PLC 9.09%
UACN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY PLC 7.14%
NEIMETH INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC 4.69%
MUTUAL BENEFITS ASSURANCE PLC 4.35%
NEM INSURANCE PLC 4.17%
CONSOLIDATED HALLMARK INSURANCE PLC 3.57%
NASCON ALLIED INDUSTRIES PLC 3.50%

As investors lost N291.5 billion during the week, analysts at Afrinvest Securities Limited expect to see bargain hunting in early trading sessions as market opens on Monday.