Neco 2017 Commerce Question 5

Practice objective / multiple choice question 5 from the 2017 Neco Commerce examination.

Neco 2017 Commerce Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 5 NECO • 2017 • COMMERCE • objective

An investor buys 200 shares of Company X at \\(\\text{₦}1,250\\) per share, paying a brokerage commission of \\(0.5\\%\\) of the transaction value. Later the investor sells 120 shares at \\(\\text{₦}1,400\\) per share, paying the same commission rate and also a securities transaction tax (STT) of \\(0.15\\%\\) on the sale value. The investor then receives a dividend of \\(\\text{₦}50\\) per share on the remaining 80 shares held. Determine the overall profit or loss realised by the investor after all costs, commissions, taxes and dividend income.

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. -80342
B. -79092
C. -84342
D. -80090
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
-80342

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This is Neco 2017 Commerce Question 5. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Neco Commerce examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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