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Investors Lose N516.69bn as NGXASI Dips by 1.86%; Toni Index Dips by -3,13%; Open Repo Rate Expands by 0.17% to Close at 15%; IEFX Rate Depreciates to N431.00
1. EQUITIES MARKET
1.1 NGX – Listed Equities
Nigerian Equities Market closed on a negative note as the bears continue to dominate trading activities amid intense sell pressure.
The NGX All-Share Index dipped by 1.86% to close at 50,442.37 basis points as against 1.11% loss recorded to close at 51,400.53 basis points at the end of the previous trading session. In Naira terms, the NGX Market CAP records N516.69bn loss.
YTD, the NGXASI Stands at +18.09%
The total volume traded advanced by +57.98% to close at 98.85m, valued at N2.51bn and traded in 4,314 deals. FLOURMILL was the most traded stock by volume with 19.32m units traded while FLOURMILL was also the most traded stock by value which is put at N618.05m.
Sectoral performance was negative as zero (0) NGX sector index closed northward, fourteen (14) closed southward while four (4) closed flat. The NGX Premium Index dipped by -3.76% to top all sector indices otherwise.
Dangote index closed flat at 138.19 basis points while Elumelu index declined by -3.13% to close at 104.22 basis points.
At the close of trading, market recorded 3 gainers to 35 losers and 59 unchanged. LIVESTOCK topped the list of gainers while TRANSEXPR topped the list of losers. Thus, market breadth closed negative as the Market Breadth Index (MBI) is put at -0.54x.
Volume and Value Contribution
FLOURMILL led the volume’s chart with 12.37% contribution and closely followed by TRANSCORP and GTCO
Source: NGX
FLOURMILL tops the value’s chart with 21.05% contribution and closely followed by MTNN and AIRTELAFRI
Source: NGX
NGX Corporate News
BUA Cement Plc has notified the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), its esteemed Shareholders and the investing public that the Company has gone into discussion with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), serving as lead arranger in conjunction with a number of other lenders in a syndication pool, to obtain a loan for the expansion of BUA Cement’s integrated cement plant in Kalambaina, Sokoto State, Nigeria which shall include increasing its capacity from 2.0 million tons per annum (MTPA) to 8.0 MTPA and the development of other ancillary utilities (the Expansion Project)
1.2 NASD OTC Exchange – Unlisted Equities
The NASD market index inched up by +1.16% to close at 775.80 basis points as against flat position recorded previously to close at 766.92 basis points
The total volume traded declined by -48.17% to close at 159,705 units valued at N15.81m and traded in 13 deals.
At the close of trading, NASD OTC market recorded two (2) gainer(s) to zero (0) loser(s)
Volume and Value Contribution
SDNASDPLC led the volume chart with 53.81% contribution
SDNDEP led the value chart with 81.87% 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 Argentina MerVal Index leads the top five gainers with 3.62% gain while the Nigeria All Share Index tops the top five losers with -1.86% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
1.4 African Indices
Similarly, on the African scene, the Egypt EGX 30 tops the top five gainers with 1.22% gain while the Nigeria All Share Index tops the top five losers with -1.86% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
2. BONDS AND FIXED INCOME MARKETS
2.1 Debt Market Size
The FMDQ Debt Market Size was not available as of the time of finalising this report.
2.2 Overnight and Open Repo (OPR)
The overnight lending rate closed flat at 15.0% while the Open Repo (OPR) rate expanded by 0.17% to close at 15.00%
3. COMMODITIES MARKET
3.1 AFEX Indices
The AFEX ACI declined by 0.61% to close at 469.15 points while the AEI also closed flat at 194.84 points
3.2 AFEX Commodity Prices
Sorghum declined by 14.41% to top the losers’ chart while other commodities closed flat.
3.3 Global Commodity Prices
Gold recorded 0.08% loss while Silver also advanced by 1.03% as of 11:48 NY time
In the energy market, Brent advanced by 4.80% while WTI declined by 0.85% as of 10:53PM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Source: Oilprice.com, Goldprice.org
4. CURRENCY/ FX MARKET
The naira depreciated by 0.90% at the I&E FX Window to close at N431.00/USD while the NAFEX rate also depreciated by 0.16% to close at N423.67
Source: FMDQ, BDC
