Snapshot
1. EQUITIES MARKET
Nigerian Equities Market closed negative as the key market indicator declined by 141.03 bps amid negative market breadth.
The NGX All-Share Index declined by 0.25% to close at 55,529.21 basis points as against a 0.29% gain recorded previously to close at 55,670.24 basis points at the end of the last trading session. In Naira terms, the NGX Market CAP records a N76.83bn loss.
YTD, the NGXASI Stands at +8.35%
The total volume traded advanced by 264.27% to close at N750.79m, valued at N2.66bn and traded in 3,962 deals. CHAMS was the most traded stock by volume with 571..07m units traded while ZENITHBANK was the most traded stock by value which is put at N461.81m
Sectoral performance was broadly negative as three (3) NGX sector index closed northward, ten (10) sector index closed southward and five (5) closed flat. The NGX Food and Beverages index advanced by 0.20% to top the gainer’s chart while the NGX Oil and Gas Index declined by 4.62% to top the losers’ chart.
The Gote index advanced by 0.23% to close at 145.86 basis points while the Toni index declined by 0.77% to close at 126.86 basis points.
At the close of trading, the market recorded 17 gainers to 25 losers and 68 unchanged. ACADEMY topped the list of gainers while SEPLAT topped the list of losers.
Thus, market breadth closed negative as the Market Breadth Index (MBI) is put at -0.01x.
Volume and Value Contribution
CHAMS led the volume’s chart with 76.06% contribution and closely followed by STERLNBANK and ZENITHBANK
ZENITHBANK tops the value’s chart with 17.34% contribution and followed by SEPLAT and GEREGU
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 advanced by 1.34% to close at 724.99 basis points as against the flat position recorded previously to close at 715.4 basis points.
The total volume traded declined by 98.27% to close at 545,861 units valued at N5.25m and traded in 16 deal(s).
At the close of trading, NASD OTC market recorded one (1) 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 Chile IPSA Index leads the top five gainers with 2.24% gain while the India NIFTY index leads top five losers with 0.74% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
1.4 African Indices
Similarly, on the African scene, the Lusaka All Share Index tops the top five gainers with 1.35% gain while South Africa Industrial 25 Index tops the top four losers with 1.61% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
2.1 Debt Market Size
The Debt Market Size closed flat at N31.98trn.
2.2 Overnight and Open Repo (OPR)
The Overnight lending rate expanded by 0.15% to close at 12.43% while the Open Repo (OPR) rate expanded by 0.16% to close at 12.13%
3. AFEX Indices
The AFEX ACI closed flat at 478.42 while the AFEX AEI closed flat at 224.26
3.2 AFEX Commodity Prices
Soybeans advanced by 3.50% to top the gainers chart while Paddy rice declined by 1.76% to top the losers’ chart.
3.3 Global Commodity Prices
Gold advanced by 0.37% while Silver advanced by 0.38% as of 10: 51 NY time
In the energy market, Brent declined by 0.08% and WTI also advanced by 0.15% as of 10: 50 AM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The naira at the I&E FX Window declined by 0.09% to close at N461.75/USD while the NAFEX rate declined by 0.01% to close at N461.33/USD