Snapshot
1. EQUITIES MARKET
Nigerian Equities Market closed positive as the key market indicator advanced by 238.69bps amid negative market breadth
The NGX All-Share Index declined by 0.54% to close at 44,046.94 basis points as against 0.02% loss recorded previously to close at 43,808.25 basis points at the end of the last trading session. In Naira terms, the NGX Market CAP records N130.01bn loss.
YTD, the NGXASI Stands at +3.11%
The total volume traded advanced by 54.10% to close at 159.44m, valued at N2.86bn and traded in 3,039 deals. FIDELITYBK was the most traded stock by volume with 27.95m units traded while AIRTELAFRI was also the most traded stock by value which is put at N626.62m
Sectoral performance was broadly positive as thirteen (13) NGX sector index closed northward, three (3) closed southward while two (2) closed flat. The NGXAFRBVI index advanced by 5.03% to top the gainers chart while the NGX Oil and Gas index dipped by 0.35% to top the losers’ chart.
Gote index closed flat at 125.00 basis points as the Toni index declined by 0.16% to close at 106.29 basis points.
At the close of trading, market recorded 20 gainers to 22 losers and 59 unchanged. CORNERST topped the list of gainers while ETERNA topped the list of losers.
Thus, market breadth closed negative as the Market Breadth Index (MBI) is put at -0.03x.
Volume and Value Contribution
FIDELITYBK led the volume’s chart with 17.53% contribution and closely followed by GTCO and ZENITHBANK
AIRTELAFRI tops the value’s chart with 21.90% contribution and closely followed by MTNN and GTCO
NGX Earnings Summary
No Financial statement was released on the NGX Exchange today.
NGX Corporate News
No Corporate News was released on the NGX Exchange today
1.2 NASD OTC Exchange - Unlisted Equities
The NASD market index closed flat at 713.10 basis points as against flat position recorded previously to close at 713.10 basis points
The total volume traded closed flat at 110,999 units valued at N9.32m and traded in 12 deals.
At the close of trading, NASD OTC market recorded zero (0) gainer(s) to zero (0) loser(s)
NASD Earnings Summary
No Financial statement was released on the NASD OTC Exchange today.
NASD Corporate News
No Corporate News was released on the NASD OTC Exchange today.
1.3 Global Indices
On the global scene, the Argentina MerVal Index leads the top five gainers with 0.72% gain while the USA Nasdaq Index tops the top three losers with 1.49% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
1.4 African Indices
Similarly, on the African scene, the Egypt EGX 70 EWI Index tops the top five gainers with 2.83% gain while the South Africa Financial 15 Index tops the top five losers with 1.86% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
2.1 Debt Market Size
The FMDQ Debt Market Size was not available as at the time of writing this report.
2.2 Overnight and Open Repo (OPR)
The Overnight lending rate expanded by 0.67% to close at 16.50% while the Open Repo (OPR) rate also expanded by 0.84% to close at 16.17%
3.1 AFEX Indices
The AFEX ACI closed flat at 455.71 while the AFEX AEI closed flat at 210.37 basis points
3.2 AFEX Commodity Prices
Paddy rice grew by 9.76% to top the gainers chart while there were no losers as 3 closed flat.
3.3 Global Commodity Prices
Gold recorded 0.30% loss while Silver appreciated by 0.05% as of 09:39 NY time
In the energy market, Brent declined by 1.56% while WTI also declined by 2.11% as of 09:48 AM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The naira at the I&E FX Window closed flat at N446.67/USD while the NAFEX rate depreciated by 0.02% to close at N444.50/USD