STOCKMARKET REVERSESGAINSAS INVESTORSBOOK PROFITS

reports, until the next Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in the coming weeks.”

Also commenting on the outlook for the market this week, analysts at Cordros Securities said with the moderation in the prices of bellwether stocks last week, they expected savvy investors to take advantage of this and make re-entry ahead of their H1-21 earnings announcement.

“However, we do not rule out the possibility of continued profit-taking activities. As a result, we think the local bourse will likely exhibit a zig-zag pattern. Therefore, we advise investors to take positions in only fundamentally justified stocks,” they said.

Meanwhile, investors traded 1.348 billion shares worth N12.140 billion in 21,581 deals were traded as against 1.021 billion shares valued at N14.145 billion that exchanged hands last week in 17,565 deals the previous week.