Nigeria, May 26 -- Nigeria's monetary authorities' decision to keep a hold on interest rates last week set the stage for sell-offs in some key sectors, triggering the first loss the market recorded in five weeks.

Oil & gas and bank stocks were on the receiving end of the retreat. That said, liquidity improved with the size of trade increasing by 50.9 per cent.

Looking forward, market movement this week is likely to be shaped by profit-taking in a couple of stocks that appreciated recently and, to an extent, pending first-quarter corporate results.

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