EXECUTIVE BREAKFAST MARKET SESSION 24TH AUGUST, 2026 — Transcript
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- 4:59presentation.
- 5:02>> Good morning investor is always always a
- 5:05pleasure to have you join us on this
- 5:07call. I am Linda Audag and with me is
- 5:11Samuel. I'll be taking us through the
- 5:14equities market review and uh yes for
- 5:19the week uh ended.
- 5:23>> So last week we saw a consistent
- 5:25downward trend across both the NGS or
- 5:28index and the NGX30 through the trading
- 5:32week. The NG athletic opened the period
- 5:35u near a 251,500
- 5:38level and steady um steadily decline
- 5:42each session closing the week around
- 5:44240,000
- 5:46um points while looking at the ASI
- 5:49mirroring the NGS30 trajectory uh the
- 5:51ASI fell approximately from 242,500
- 5:58uh at the start of the period to roughly
- 6:01239,000 300 by Friday's close. The
- 6:06synchronized decline across both broad
- 6:08market and top 30 indices indicate
- 6:11widespread bearish sentiment and
- 6:13sustained selling pressure across major
- 6:17market capitalization through out the
- 6:20week.
- 6:23Uh looking at the chart, the monthto
- 6:25date um chart August 2026 highlight a
- 6:29strong midmon sell off uh that shifted
- 6:31the Oshare index from nearly um from
- 6:35early months peak down to its current
- 6:38monthtoate low. Looking at the
- 6:41monthtoate performance metrics um
- 6:43current levels at um 240,196
- 6:48240,196.64
- 6:5164 points. August 10 witnessed a peak
- 6:55level recording a month to date with
- 6:58high near 240,000 following a sharp
- 7:01midmon rally. Um August 11th to 18 we
- 7:06saw midmon retrenchment as severe
- 7:09selling pressure broke key shortterm
- 7:12supports dropping the index past 244,000
- 7:16down to 241,500.
- 7:20um area Friday the current floor uh
- 7:24showed downward drive bottom out just
- 7:28below 240,000
- 7:30with the index currently consolidating
- 7:32along the 240,196.67
- 7:3667 B line. Uh the rapid distribution uh
- 7:42seen between August 10 and August 18
- 7:44wipe out early month gains while the
- 7:47aggressive selloff um has stored right
- 7:50around the 240,000 support mark and the
- 7:53market lacks immediate buying volume to
- 7:55drive a quick recovery. Tactically uh
- 7:59position should remain cautious until a
- 8:02clear reversal pattern forms above the
- 8:05current level. So very quickly looking
- 8:09at the year to date chart uh the
- 8:12performance metrics current index level
- 8:15stands at 240,196.64
- 8:19between January to May 2026. the
- 8:22halfyear bullish expansion and the
- 8:24market experienced strong consistent
- 8:27upward momentum starting around the year
- 8:31with 140,000 level in January peaking
- 8:35above 250,000 points in late May and
- 8:39early June. June to July uh was a peak
- 8:42and correction phase after reaching its
- 8:45yeartoate high. profit taking triggered
- 8:47a correction pullback down to 230,000
- 8:52um support level in July. Between July
- 8:56to August was the consolidation phase.
- 8:59There the index rebounded off support
- 9:01and has since stabilized moving sideways
- 9:04around the key 240,000 baseline uh in
- 9:08recent weeks.
- 9:11While the market retain uh substantial
- 9:14net gains yet again uh momentum has
- 9:16shifted from rapid growth to range
- 9:19bounding trading. The current horizontal
- 9:23consolidation at the 240,000 levels uh
- 9:27serves as a critical equilibrium point.
- 9:29A sustained hold above the line suggests
- 9:32potential for another upward uh leg
- 9:35whereas a break below may require
- 9:37defensive risk management strategy. So
- 9:42very quickly we'll be looking at the
- 9:43distribution table.
- 9:45Uh the sectoral breakdown of volume
- 9:47traded for the week ended August 21st uh
- 9:51reveals a heavily concentrated market
- 9:54structure dominated almost entirely by
- 9:57the financial service sector. So the
- 9:59market liquidity um concentration was
- 10:01actually 90% of the total equity trading
- 10:04volume as it was driven by the financial
- 10:06service sector confirming that broader
- 10:08market liquidity and sentiment are
- 10:10currently tied to banking and financial
- 10:14institution
- 10:16non-financial sector which include um
- 10:18the ICT accounted for 2% the service
- 10:21sector accounted for 2% as well and
- 10:24other sector combined that include the
- 10:26conglomerate among others accounted for
- 10:296%.
- 10:33So quickly looking at um the market
- 10:36indicator, the all share index closed
- 10:38around 239,351.16
- 10:43points representing a week-to-ate uh
- 10:45decline of 1.35%
- 10:49from the previous week. Looking at the
- 10:53year-to- date growth, uh we're currently
- 10:55at um the positive of 53.81%. 8 1% year
- 10:58to date as the market opened the year
- 11:00around a 155,613.03
- 11:04points.
- 11:06Looking at the trading um traded volume
- 11:08and um turnover, uh total weekly market
- 11:12turnover stood at 6.24 billion shares
- 11:15valued at 157.7 billion, a decrease from
- 11:19the 12.15 billion shares worth 176.06 06
- 11:24billion traded in the previous week. The
- 11:28financial service sector led the market
- 11:29activity recording uh 5.59 billion um
- 11:33traded shares valued at 56.43.
- 11:37The sector accounted for 89.62%
- 11:40of the total volume and 35.77%
- 11:45of the total market value. The ICT as
- 11:49mentioned earlier followed in the second
- 11:51place with 143.7
- 11:54million shares traded at 29.79
- 11:58billion.
- 12:00Service uh service sector ranked third
- 12:03place reporting a turnover of 138.67
- 12:07million shares worth 1.75
- 12:10billion. The total um top traded
- 12:14equities uh in volume uh was heavily
- 12:17concentrated in uh photos global
- 12:20insurance lasso assurance and
- 12:23consolidated hallmark. Together these
- 12:25equities accounted for 4.17 billion
- 12:28shares valued at 9.25
- 12:32billion contributing a total of 66.77%
- 12:37to the total market turnover volume and
- 12:405.8 86 uh to the overall market value.
- 12:45Sectoral performance five out of the
- 12:47sectoral performance covered by the lead
- 12:49capital group uh two sector closing
- 12:52flats uh were actually the consumer the
- 12:56consumer closed um positive with uh
- 12:590.05%
- 13:01while it's yet to date currently stand
- 13:03at 1.62%.
- 13:05industrial as well the yeartoday stands
- 13:07at 8 82.84%
- 13:12while the banking the insurance and the
- 13:15oil and gas uh close on a negative
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- 14:06quickly looking at our weekly
- 14:08recommendation, our analysts have
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- 14:43So we have our um weekly recommendation
- 14:46carefully curated to take care of your
- 14:49buy, your hold and your sell option. Now
- 14:53very quickly looking at the weekly stock
- 14:55recommendation for the week. This is
- 14:57just an extraction from the exact from
- 15:00the from the general list that has been
- 15:02sent to our emails. Uh so I implore all
- 15:05of you to look at your emails and you
- 15:08know reach out to your ROM if you need
- 15:10further clarification and you know
- 15:14updates on how to go about it. So
- 15:15quickly our expectation for the new
- 15:17week. Last week the Nigeria stock market
- 15:19ended in the positive territory after
- 15:22second consecutive week.
- 15:25This debate investors cautious approach
- 15:28to investing activities due to major
- 15:30upcoming uh economic and political
- 15:34events.
- 15:35Firstly, investors appear to be
- 15:37positioning for the upcoming Dangote
- 15:39prochemical which is expected to open in
- 15:43the new in few weeks.
- 15:46Secondly, the gearing up of the
- 15:48political activity ahead of the 2027
- 15:51general election also calls for cautious
- 15:54trading approach on the part of
- 15:57investors. This week, we expect the
- 15:59market to trade sideways as investors
- 16:01continue to cherrypick stocks with good
- 16:05fundamentals while cautious of the
- 16:07affforementioned factors. We also
- 16:10predict that the NGS all share index
- 16:12will likely close between 240,000 and
- 16:15243,000
- 16:17points. We encourage all our lead
- 16:19investors to download our general
- 16:22outlook recommendation and money insight
- 16:25for this investment decision. With this
- 16:28we come to the end of the equities
- 16:30market review session. Uh we I'll be
- 16:34leaving you in the hands of Mr. Samuel
- 16:38as he takes us through the um the income
- 16:41suites.
- 16:43>> So thank you so much uh for uh the very
- 16:47robust uh presentation of the equities
- 16:49market and uh I strongly believe that
- 16:51every investor who has taken is our time
- 16:54to look to to listen through uh the
- 16:56presentation clearly have
- 16:59taken one or two uh insights from uh
- 17:02from the entire presentation. you know
- 17:04at Lead Capital PLC one of the things we
- 17:06pride in or we pride on is uh ensuring
- 17:09that our clients get the best in terms
- 17:12of uh in terms of market and then
- 17:15understanding how to position for the
- 17:17week ahead and so very quickly we'll
- 17:19look through the happening at at the
- 17:21fixed income market as we believe that
- 17:24uh the the market isn't one-sided you
- 17:27know it's something we need to look at
- 17:28both both se both segments of the market
- 17:31and having gone through the equities
- 17:32market Now it's time for the fixed
- 17:33income market. Uh beginning very quickly
- 17:35we'll look at the money market uh space
- 17:38and of course the funding rate uh to to
- 17:40begin with. Uh starting uh with with the
- 17:44funding rates we saw that the funding
- 17:45rates remain stable at 22% for the open
- 17:49report rate and then we saw the
- 17:50overnight rates uh edges slightly higher
- 17:54uh to close at 22.25%.
- 17:57And one thing we we've always stated
- 17:59here week in week out is the fact that
- 18:02when we see liquidity in the market and
- 18:04then we see the market at wash with
- 18:06excess funds that definitely affects
- 18:09liquidity levels in the system and that
- 18:11was what we saw last week system
- 18:13liquidity settled at 4.47 47 trillion
- 18:15naira and that was no surprise to us
- 18:18because last week we had settlement
- 18:20auctions. Last week we also had some
- 18:23coupon payment inflows into the system
- 18:26uh which made the system closed at 4.47
- 18:28trillion sorry which made system
- 18:30liquidity close at 4.47 47 trillion
- 18:32naira uh visa reach 3.37
- 18:35that we saw the previous week and uh
- 18:38that that largely influenc the funding
- 18:40rate as uh the open the overnight rate
- 18:43also closed at 22.25 25 uh% and then for
- 18:48uh the TB secondary market we saw that
- 18:50the T2 secondary market closed up on a
- 18:53relatively quiet last week. Last week uh
- 18:56as our presenter mentioned we're
- 18:57expecting uh the the consumer price
- 19:00index data to be released we also had
- 19:03the bond auction result the bond auction
- 19:06last week. So those two major activities
- 19:08influenc direction of the market last
- 19:10week as the Nigerian trad secondary
- 19:12market began to be on a very quiet note.
- 19:15We saw investors being on the sidelines
- 19:17because most people were are waiting to
- 19:18see number one where the CPI data would
- 19:21close and number two where the bond
- 19:23auction result would trade and those two
- 19:26major factors influenced decision at the
- 19:28beginning of the week as the market was
- 19:29very very quiet. But meet up uh post
- 19:32post the FJ bond uh option results and
- 19:35then the CPI data result where we saw
- 19:38inflation data uh h slowing down. You
- 19:42know, we saw renewed buy interest from
- 19:44investors and people were were looking
- 19:46to position particularly we saw at at
- 19:49the long end of the curve uh for for the
- 19:52treasury bills market. But at the end of
- 19:54the week, we saw that the market still
- 19:56closed marginally higher as it closed by
- 19:59at uh at 18.74%
- 20:03which represents a relatively uh one
- 20:06basis point uh increase from where we
- 20:09saw the previous week. And this week we
- 20:11expecting uh the central bank of Nigeria
- 20:14to also uh run another treasury boo uh
- 20:17primary market auction. But before that
- 20:19let's look at what we saw at the last
- 20:21auction. At the last auction uh 700
- 20:23billion worth of Nigerian treasury
- 20:25business was on offer. We saw a total
- 20:27subscription massive for for uh to to to
- 20:30to mention massive massive subscription
- 20:33at 4.4 sorry 4.4 4 trillion naira and uh
- 20:39what this tells us is that number one
- 20:41investors are looking to take advantage
- 20:42of the current levels in the market.
- 20:44Number two, we've also seen that
- 20:46liquidity liquidity levels on the market
- 20:48has also been relatively high and which
- 20:51is what has transpired or translated
- 20:53into the higher subscription levels
- 20:55we've seen at least in the last two
- 20:57consecutive auctions. And I'm very
- 20:59certain that the next auction holding
- 21:00this we won't see a different story. uh
- 21:05uh at the subscription level we saw 4.4
- 21:08trillion in terms of allotment as
- 21:10against the 700 billion worth of beans
- 21:13they were offered uh the central bank of
- 21:15Nigeria allotted for 1.4 4 trillion
- 21:19which is which which I strongly believe
- 21:22which I strongly believe is a
- 21:24representation of the fact that since
- 21:26subscriptions are high we would also
- 21:28expect naturally that the central bank
- 21:30of Nigeria would also all lot
- 21:32significantly higher uh amount of bill
- 21:35at the auction and at at that very
- 21:38auction we saw that the stop rates on
- 21:40the 18 on the 91 day and on the 180 day
- 21:43uh remain flat while on the 364 day B we
- 21:47saw
- 21:48marginal decline from 17.59
- 21:51to 17.35%.
- 21:53We also expect that the auction holding
- 21:55this week will we are likely to see a
- 21:58marginal decline in in in in terms of
- 22:01rates. So all of this points to the fact
- 22:03that we expect investors uh to continue
- 22:06to position at the current levels
- 22:08because strongly believe that by the
- 22:09time uh the the political activities eat
- 22:12full year and also we expect that so and
- 22:16and as well when we start to see a
- 22:18deceleration in inflation because let's
- 22:21let's go back to memory we could
- 22:23remember that some some few months down
- 22:25the line probably some few months ago we
- 22:28saw inflation at an average of 14 14% I
- 22:31think 14.95%.
- 22:33What made inflation eventually go higher
- 22:35above 15%. Was the the the the tension
- 22:38in the Middle East between Israel, Iran
- 22:41and and of course the US. Now that we
- 22:43begin to see some sort of clarity and
- 22:45sort of certainty in terms of cisire
- 22:47ceasefire among these various countries,
- 22:50we expect that the inflation will begin
- 22:52to subside. And what that will mean is
- 22:54that the rates across all markets both
- 22:56at the fixed income market, treasury
- 22:58market, even talk of the market will we
- 23:02are likely going to start to see a
- 23:04deceleration in rates. What that means
- 23:06is that for investors who are still
- 23:08looking to position or for investors who
- 23:10are still looking who are still hoping
- 23:12that rates might continue to go higher,
- 23:14I think that the levels we have right
- 23:16now might just present a very good
- 23:18opportunity for it to position and we
- 23:21shouldn't. I I repeat, we no no rational
- 23:24investor know should sleep on the
- 23:26current levels we have and they should
- 23:28take advantage of of the current levels.
- 23:32And for the bond to market, we saw that
- 23:34the market closed on a very bullish note
- 23:36last week. And that that that was no
- 23:38surprise to active market uh
- 23:40participants, probably those who monitor
- 23:42the market actively. Uh because at the
- 23:44bond auction that that held last week,
- 23:47we saw across the three tenants that
- 23:49offer rates declines. And what that
- 23:51means is that once rate declines at the
- 23:52primary market, you will naturally see
- 23:54that translate into decline of rate at
- 23:58the secondary market. At the auction
- 24:00last week, across the three terrors that
- 24:02we heard, uh the the debt management
- 24:04office uh closed the auction lower and
- 24:07which was what also translated to to the
- 24:09lower uh yield we saw at at a secondary
- 24:14market. And then on a 10- basis we saw
- 24:16that on the short to the mid end of the
- 24:19curve we saw a nine basis point decline
- 24:21and while on the long end of the curve
- 24:23we saw a a five basis point decline
- 24:26which eventually led to the overall
- 24:29market closing on the bullish zone and
- 24:31at the end of the week we saw that the
- 24:32bond secondary market closed at at
- 24:3516.67% 67% which represent an 11 basis
- 24:38point decline and uh we we naturally
- 24:41would expect that this trend will
- 24:43continue uh because at the next monial
- 24:45policy uh uh meeting that would hold in
- 24:48exactly a month away from now we expect
- 24:50that the central bank is most likely
- 24:52going to hold rates as as we expect that
- 24:56as as we expect that by the next time
- 24:58the second the the the the policy would
- 25:01meet sorry the committee will be meeting
- 25:03inflation would naturally have have
- 25:05subsided And that would also be a major
- 25:07critical point to consider when
- 25:09reviewing policy rate decision. And for
- 25:13the for the foreign exchange market uh s
- 25:16probably not surprisingly we've seen
- 25:19that the the foreign exchange market has
- 25:21remained very very resistant and and one
- 25:24two factors have contributed to that.
- 25:26We've seen the dollar uh slightly
- 25:28slightly weakening and we've also seen
- 25:30the Nigerian foreign exchange reserve
- 25:32also growing significantly as week ended
- 25:3521st of August we saw our foreign
- 25:38exchange market so our foreign reserve
- 25:40closing at an average of 52 trillion
- 25:42naira which was a major factor that led
- 25:45to the strengthen of the naira at the
- 25:48end of the week at the official window
- 25:49the naira closed at 1,346
- 25:52naira for 9 while at par market we saw a
- 25:56point a 106 basis point improvement from
- 25:591,420 naira to 1,45
- 26:03naira at at the end of the week. We hope
- 26:07that this this uh trend would continue
- 26:10as as uh we we are very confident that
- 26:14foreign investors still hold very very
- 26:16strong confidence in the market.
- 26:18However,
- 26:20uh with political activities uh jaring
- 26:22off and as politicians began to spend
- 26:25and and and be they begin campaign, we
- 26:27hope that would not reverse some of the
- 26:29gains of weakness in this market as
- 26:32typical for election period because we
- 26:35understand that the investors might
- 26:36likely begin sorry politicians might
- 26:39likely begin to you know spend heavily
- 26:41on the dollar end which is likely to
- 26:43have an impact on on the foreign
- 26:45exchange market. But we remain
- 26:46optimistic. We remain confident in the
- 26:49ability of the central bank of Nigeria
- 26:50to continue to hold things in place and
- 26:52we are confident that the market will
- 26:54remain relatively stable. And then for
- 26:57our expectation for the read in terms of
- 26:59the funding rate we are likely going to
- 27:02see uh the rate holding stable at at the
- 27:04current levels where they have like I
- 27:06mentioned earlier there's an auction
- 27:08holding issue on the treasury on
- 27:10treasury space and we do not see the
- 27:12settlement obligations on that end
- 27:14materally affecting affecting liquidity
- 27:17levels as such we expect that liquidity
- 27:21in that uh sorry funding rates will hold
- 27:23very very firm and in terms of the
- 27:25treasury
- 27:26uh secondary market relatively we would
- 27:29see the market begin on a very quiet
- 27:32note as as the case has always been
- 27:34because investors would want to see what
- 27:36uh the auction where the auction would
- 27:38close out but ultimately we naturally
- 27:41expect that the market would sustain a
- 27:43bullish run uh because one with
- 27:45liquidity at over 4 trillion naira that
- 27:48would mean that the investors will
- 27:49continue to uh position ahead of uh any
- 27:52potential uh policy action by the
- 27:54monetary policy committ in the next one
- 27:56month. You know what distinguishes a
- 27:59rational investor or probably a
- 28:01profitable investor from every other
- 28:03investor is the ability to position edge
- 28:06you know of any policy rate and for the
- 28:08bond secondary market we expect that our
- 28:11liquidity conditions in the market will
- 28:13be a major determinant in terms of our
- 28:16direction and having said all of this
- 28:18you know two two key factors we've
- 28:20mentioned one we've we've stated that
- 28:23inflation is likely going to continue to
- 28:25subside on the back that we're beginning
- 28:27to see some stability in the Middle
- 28:29East. And secondly, the monetary policy
- 28:31committee is likely going to continue to
- 28:33hold the policy rate stable
- 28:36following that one. We've seen a a a
- 28:39reduction in inflation. Uh but
- 28:41potentially the spending on inflation
- 28:43might likely going to is likely going to
- 28:45upset that, but we're likely going to
- 28:47see a balance between both ends and the
- 28:49policy the the monetary policy committee
- 28:52will be there to continue to put things
- 28:54in greater perspective. So we expect
- 28:56that investors will continue to position
- 28:58ahead across all of our products because
- 29:00we believe the levels where rates are
- 29:02they offer very good opportunities for
- 29:04investors across our fixed income fund
- 29:07the lead fixed income fund the lead
- 29:08balance fund the lead dollar fund uh the
- 29:11lead gazelle portfolio and also of
- 29:13course uh for for clients who have FX uh
- 29:16to they could also take advantage of of
- 29:18of of eurobond trading all of these
- 29:21products are there to encourage
- 29:23investors to be act to be actively
- 29:25uh to to be to be an active participant
- 29:27in the market. And we believe with the
- 29:29guidance we roll out week in week out,
- 29:32our investors who listen to us and and
- 29:34and subject themselves to our guidelines
- 29:36would always be better off than those
- 29:38who do not have the love of of of
- 29:41enjoying what we dish out week in week
- 29:43out. But if you have clarifications, you
- 29:46have questions, you have one or two two
- 29:48other things you would like us to
- 29:50provide clarity or provide answers to,
- 29:52you know, our customer service lines are
- 29:54open. But in the meantime, before this
- 29:56session uh comes to a close, we would
- 29:58like to take uh some questions and uh
- 30:01now is the time for us to look at that.
- 30:03If you have questions, you have uh one
- 30:05of the things you would like to bring to
- 30:07our notice, the floor is now open for
- 30:09you to to to ask your questions. Two two
- 30:12options you have. You could either chat
- 30:14us via the chat box or you signify with
- 30:17a raise of hand that you want to speak
- 30:19to us directly and we would unmute your
- 30:21mic from here. Thank you so much for
- 30:22listening to us and then now it's time
- 30:24to listen to sorry to take your
- 30:26questions as as you have them. Okay.
- 30:29Some questions we have here. I learned
- 30:31dang sugar rights issue has been
- 30:33allotted but it is not reflecting on my
- 30:35dashboard. May I know why? Uh
- 30:39>> okay. So um for dangote sugar allotment
- 30:42yes that was done I think um last week
- 30:45Friday or the week before. So what we
- 30:47are currently doing is to reconcile your
- 30:49position in house. So what what what
- 30:51we'll be um doing we're doing it in
- 30:53batches right. So if you haven't seen
- 30:55yours be rest assured that before the
- 30:57end of this week it obviously would
- 31:00reflect in your position. So um the next
- 31:03question we have here uh which sector
- 31:06have been the main drivers of the market
- 31:09correction? Okay so um the market
- 31:12pullback was heavily led by the oil and
- 31:14gas and insurance sector. The oil and
- 31:17gas um shared over 5% uh in the last
- 31:20past week uh with major heavy weights
- 31:22like Aradel holding um um face sustain
- 31:27sustained selling pressure making it the
- 31:29weakest performing sector. The banking
- 31:32stocks including the tier one
- 31:34institution um such as JTico, Zenith
- 31:37Bank, UBA and asset holdings also saw
- 31:41moderate uh pullbacks around a 2.1% as
- 31:45investors locked in gains. Uh so the
- 31:50next question here, how the trading
- 31:53volume and overall investors activity
- 31:56change week on week. Okay. So, overall
- 31:59market turnover and liquidity dropped
- 32:01significantly, right? Total trading um
- 32:04traded value or volume rather plummeted
- 32:07by 48.68%
- 32:09week on week. Uh falling from over a
- 32:1212.1 billion shares to 6.24 billion
- 32:16shares. Uh similarly transaction um
- 32:19value dropped by uh 10.39%
- 32:23uh to
- 32:25157.5
- 32:28157.76 billion. Uh despite the slowdown
- 32:32the financial service industry remained
- 32:35the dominant driver accounting for
- 32:37roughly 89% of total traded volume.
- 32:43Uh so we have another question here. Um
- 32:48what is the market breath during this
- 32:51correction phase? Um okay so the market
- 32:53breath remained distinctively um
- 32:56negative indicating broader market
- 32:58weakness rather than isolated stock uh
- 33:01and drops uh over the past week 59
- 33:04equities posted uh prices declines uh
- 33:08against only 18 gainers down from 26 um
- 33:13uh 26 gainers in the preceding week. So
- 33:15while we had 70 stock that remained
- 33:19unhinged.
- 33:23So we have another question here from
- 33:25Mr. Guena. What is the technical outlook
- 33:28and expectation for the market following
- 33:31this 8day drop? Uh okay. So um the view
- 33:37on the 8day um decline is a tactical
- 33:40markdown or a healthy correction phase
- 33:42following earlier record high rallies.
- 33:45Uh the index is testing strong support
- 33:47levels uh near the 239,000 to 240 basis
- 33:51point region because yet to date perform
- 33:54rema performance rather remains solidly
- 33:56positive. Market analysts um anticipate
- 33:59that the corrective phase may prevent uh
- 34:03very um value buying opportunities
- 34:06before a potential recovery uh led by
- 34:09the fundamentally sound um sectors like
- 34:11banking and the consumer um goods. So
- 34:16before we go uh our time is fast spent
- 34:19uh before we go I would like to announce
- 34:21that the lead key summer 2.0 O begins
- 34:23today uh by noon, right? So the links
- 34:26will be shared across board. We are
- 34:29ready to have your kids join us via Zoom
- 34:31by 12 noon. Thank you for your time and
- 34:33here is wishing you a productive week.
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