Equities trading at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) closed bearish as the domestic bourse extended the previous day’s loss. As measured by market breadth, market sentiment was negative, as 20 tickers declined, relative to 16 gainers. Despite the southward movement in the benchmark index, performance across sub-indices was largely positive except for the NGX Banking Index and the NGX Industrial Index which fell by 0.17nper cent and 0.01 per cent respectively. The NGX Insurance Index, NGX Consumer Goods Index and the NGX Oil/ Gas Index rose by 2.35 per cent, 0.04 per cent and 0.89 per cent respectively. But before this dreaded disease is greeted by rumours and misinformation, here is what you have to know about the virus.Equities investors lose N78.8bn as bears persist at NGXEquities investors lose N78.8bn as bears persist at NGX

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 09, 2022 03:03 UTC