Saturday May 14, 2022 / 11:38 PM / by NASD Plc / Header Image Credit: NASD Plc 

Year-to-Date Overview

NASD OTC Securities Exchange Market closed on a Positive note YTD as the market recorded an increase in performance. NASD Security Index Year-to-date returns increased by 8.74%. Total volume traded Year-to-Date stands at 3,114,953,094 units in 1092 deals and the total Value traded is ₦20,320,757,072.51.

Week 19 Overview 

NASD OTC Securities Exchange Index closed the week with a Positive movement on the NSI. The NSI return increased by 2.57% to close the week at 807.75 points against 787.54 on Friday, May 6, 2022.

Week 19 saw NASD Investors gain ₦26.46 Billion value in Market capitalization. NASD OTC Market capitalization closed at ₦1057.74 Trillion compared to ₦1031.28 Trillion on Friday, May 6, 2022, due to positive movement in prices and bonus declaration of Friesland Campina Wamco Nigeria PLC of 1:1. This took effect from the 29th April 2022.

There was a 1270.23% increase in the total value traded during the week, as week 19 saw NASD Investors trade a total of ₦2,421,468,588.69 in value compared to ₦176,720,011.74 in the previous week. Total trade activity for the year is valued at ₦20,320,757,072.51.

Total volume traded during the week was 33,959,149 units compared to 2,053,024 units in the previous week leading to a 96.12% decrease in trade volume compared to week 18. The total volume traded for the year is 3,114,953,094 units.

Top Traded Securities by Volume

The week closed with Food Concepts PLC ranking top among the five most traded securities by volume and Friesland Campina Wamco Nigeria PLC as the fifth most traded stock by volume traded in the week.

Top Traded Securities by Values

The week closed with VFD Group PLC ranking top among the five most traded securities by value and Central Securities Clearing System PLC stood as the fifth most traded Security by value for the week.

Top Advancers for the Year

Central Securities Clearing System PLC, which currently holds a Market Capitalization of ₦85.00 Billion closed the week at ₦17.00 representing a 18.19 percent increase from the previous close of ₦15.83.

Friesland Campina Wamco Nigeria PLC, which currently holds a Market Capitalization of ₦234.32 Billion closed the week at ₦120.00 representing a 9.09 percent increase from the previous close of ₦110.00.

Food Concepts PLC, which currently holds a Market Capitalization of ₦5.08 Billion closed the week at ₦0.87 representing a 4.82 percent increase from the previous close of ₦0.83.

Niger Delta Exploration & Production PLC, which currently holds a Market Capitalization of ₦38.09 Billion closed the week at ₦210.00 representing a 3.45 percent increase from the previous close of ₦203.00

Top Decliners for the Year

Vital Products PLC, which currently holds a Market Capitalization of ₦3.82 Billion closed the week at ₦2.10 representing a 9.87 percent decrease from the previous close of ₦2.33