Investors Gain N301.86bn as NGXASI Inches up by +1.06%; Debt Market Size grows by 0.04% to N27.38trn; Overnight Rate Rises to 14.08%
- EQUITIES MARKET
1.1 NGX – Listed Equities
Nigerian Equities Market maintained positive posture to close in the green zone at the end of today’s trading session amid improved market breadth.
The NGX All-Share index inched up by +1.06% to close at 53,151.32 basis points as against the +1.24% gain recorded at the end of the previous trading session. In Naira terms, the NGX Market CAP records N301.86bn gain
YTD, the NGXASI Stands at +24.43%
The total volume traded declined by -30.40% to close at 266.18m, valued at N5.12bn and traded in 5,501 deals. TRANSCORP was the most traded stock by volume with 48.10m units traded, while MTNN was the most traded stock by value which is put at N1.88bn.
Sectoral performance was broadly positive as fourteen (14) NGX sector indices closed northward, one (1) closed southward while three (3) closed flat. The NGX AFRHDYI Index inched up by +2.34% while the NGX Oil and Gas Index dipped by -0.30% to top all sector indices otherwise.
Gote index closed flat at 154.54 basis points while Toni index closed green with +2.50% gain recorded to close at 116.53 basis points.
At the close of trading, market recorded 24 gainers to 11 losers and 68 unchanged. CHAMPION topped the list of gainers as NPFMCRFBK topped the list of losers. Thus, market breadth closed positive.
Volume and Value Contribution
TRANSCORP led the volume chart with 17.90% contribution and closely followed by ACCESSCORP and GTCO.
MTNN led the value chart with 36.77% contribution and closely followed by SEPLAT and GTCO.
NGX Earnings Summary
No Financial statement was released on the NGX today.
NGX Corporate News
UPDC Plc, as parts of the special resolutions passed at its 24th AGM held Tuesday May 24th, 2022 announced that its shareholders have approved the cancellations of all of the 40,030,000 (forty million, thirty thousand) unissued ordinary shares of 50 kobo each of the Company.
1.2 NASD OTC Exchange– Unlisted Equities
The NASD market index dipped marginally by -0.03% to close at 794.83 basis points as against the +0.41% gain recorded previously.
The total volume traded declined by -96.47% to close at 141,642 units valued at N12.93m and traded in 7 deals.
At the close of trading, NASD OTC market recorded 0 gainer(s) to 1 loser(s)
Volume and Value Contribution
SDNIPCOPLC led the volume chart with 70.60% contribution
SDNIPCOPLC led the value chart with 48.04% contribution
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 USA Nasdaq Index leads the top five gainers with 3.40% gain while the Israel TA-100 Index tops the top five losers with -2.50% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
1.4 African Indices
Similarly on the African scene, the South Africa All Share Index tops the top five gainers with 2.81% gain while Mauritius SEMDEX Index tops the top five losers with -0.47% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
- 2. BONDS AND FIXED INCOME MARKETS
2.1 Debt Market Size
The FMDQ Debt Market Size advanced by 0.04% to close at N27.38trn from N27.37trn.
2.2 Overnight and Open Repo (OPR)
The overnight lending rate rose by 0.58% to close at 14.08% while the Open Repo (OPR) rate also rose by 0.71% to close at 13.67%
- COMMODITIES MARKET
3.1 AFEX Indices
The ACI moved down by -0.01% to close at 459.77 basis points as against previous figure of 459.82 while the AEI closed flat at 198.70 basis points
3.2 AFEX Commodity Prices
Soybeans grew by 7.18% to close at N457.66 while Maize dropped by -1.98% to close at N245.04
3.3 Global Commodity Prices
Gold recorded 0.44% loss while Silver also declined by 0.27% as of 11:54 NY time
In the energy market, Brent advanced by 5.29% while WTI also advanced by 3.51% as of 10:57AM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
- CURRENCY/ FX MARKET
The naira appreciated at the I&E FX Window by 0.24% to close atN418.00/USD while the NAFEX rate appreciated by 0.04% to close at N418.00.
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