Bearish sentiment persists as investors lose N1.6tr in five hours

The Nigerian equities market continued to experience bearish sentiment as investors lost a massive N1.06 trillion at the close of trading on Tuesday.

This followed a dip in the share prices of stocks like HONEY FLOUR, DANGOTE CEMENT and JULIUS BERGER amongst others on the trading floor.

After five hours of trading at the capital market, the equity capitalization fell to ₦63.1 trillion from ₦64.2 trillion recorded by the bourse on Monday.