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Foreign Appetite for Nigerian Stocks Wanes as Outflow Hits N385.9 Billion in 9 Months Foreign investors are increasingly losing appetite in the Nigerian stock market as activities in the first nine months of the year shows withdrawal of investment. During the period, portfolio investors invested N310.99 billion on stocks even as they sold off more equities worth N385.89 billion, amounting to a net foreign outflow of N72.9 billion. In the nine-month period under review, the Nigerian Exchange recorded N3.968 trillion in equities trading and this was primarily driven by strong domestic investor participation The while the figure represents a remarkable increase from the N2.712 trillion worth of stocks traded during the same period in 2023, foreign investors contributed the least while domestic counterparts continued to dominate the space. 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