CBN’s 10 productsto cut food imports disappoint
The 10 products selected by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for special intervention to reduce food importation have fallen short of the target contained in the apex bank’s five-year policy plan (2019-2024).
Short-term investments better than holding cash – Analysts
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Pipeline surveillance contract to Tompolo raises concerns
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Thirst for Nigeria’s urea surges as Brazil, US, India increase demand
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Does Nigeria import too much?
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Military recovers N3.7bn worth of petroleum products from oil thieves in two weeks
At least N3.7 billion worth of petroleum products has been recovered from oil thieves by troops operating in the Niger delta region in the last two weeks. Major General Musa Danmadami, director, of defence media operations (DMO) disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja. He said the troops of operation delta safe…
FAAC shares N954.085bn July revenue to FG, states, LGs
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N954.085 billion July 2022 federation account revenue with the federal government, states and local government councils. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee…
How Nigeria escaped US blacklist after aircraft bombing attempt in 2009 – Former NCAA DG
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Investors gain N532bn as stocks extend rally
Nigeria’s equities market sentiments improved further on Thursday as banks half-year (H1) results and corporate actions continued to drive buy-interest in selected names. This is in addition to improved buy activities in some large-cap names that helped lift stocks performance. The market grew by 2.03 percent…
Eterna Plc Declares N1.25bn PAT in Q2’22 Unaudited Results, (SP: N6.05K)
Eterna Plc released its Q2 2022 Unaudited results for the period ended June 30th, 2022.
Key Highlights
- Revenue grew by 50.6% from N37.99bn to N57.22bn.
- Profit before tax stood at N1.58bn
- Profit after tax stood at N1.25bn
- Share Price Currently Stands at N6.05k
Investors Gain N532.16bn as NGXASI Inches up by 2.03%; Open Repo Rate Contracts by 0.33% to Close at 14.67%; BDC Rate Depreciates to N698
- EQUITIES MARKET
1.1 NGX – Listed Equities
Nigerian Equities Market maintains positive posture as key market indicator inched up further by 986.13bps to close above 49,000bps.
The NGX All-Share Index inched up by 2.03% to close at 49,661.27 basis points as against 0.25% gain recorded to close at 48,675.24 basis points at the end of the previous trading session. In Naira terms, the NGX Market CAP records N532.16bn gain.
YTD, the NGXASI Stands at +16.26%
The total volume traded advanced by +35.15% to close at 226.47m, valued at N2.76bn and traded in 3,515 deals. MBENEFIT was the most traded stock by volume with 74.54m units traded while MTNN was the most traded stock by value which is put at N505.04m.
Sectoral performance was broadly positive as Eight (8) NGX sector index closed northward, seven (7) closed southward while three (3) closed flat. The NGX Main Board Index inched up by 3.48% to top the gainers chart while the NGX MERIVAL Index dipped by 0.32% to top the losers’ chart.
Dangote index closed flat at 128.25 basis points while Elumelu index also advanced by 0.90% to close at 106.35 basis points.
At the close of trading, market recorded 18 gainers to 11 losers and 70 unchanged. CWG topped the list of gainers while MBENEFIT topped the list of losers.
Thus, market breadth closed positive as the Market Breadth Index (MBI) is put at 0.06x.
Volume and Value Contribution
MBENEFIT led the volume’s chart with 32.92% contribution and closely followed by FBNH and ACCESSCORP
MTNN tops the value’s chart with 18.27% contribution and closely followed by NESTLE and AIRTELAFRI
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 inched up by 1.61% to close at 762.28 basis points as against 0.95% loss recorded to close at 750.18 basis points
The total volume traded declined by -80.88% to close at 0.024m units valued at N3.23m and traded in 6 deals.
At the close of trading, NASD OTC market recorded two (2) gainer(s) to zero (0) loser(s)
Volume and Value Contribution
SDFCWAMCO led the volume chart with 58.70% contribution while SDNDEP led the value chart with 59.46% 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 Hong Kong Hang Seng Index leads the top five gainers with 3.63% gain while the Brazil Bovespa Index tops the top five losers with -0.40% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
1.4 African Indices
Similarly, on the African scene, the Nigeria All Share Index tops the top five gainers with 2.03% gain while the Kenya All Share Index tops the top five losers with -1.26% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
- BONDS AND FIXED INCOME MARKETS
2.1 Debt Market Size
The FMDQ Debt Market Size weas not available as of the time of finalising this report.
2.2 Overnight and Open Repo (OPR)
The overnight lending rate closed flat at 15.00% while the Open Repo (OPR) rate contracted by 0.33% to close at 14.67%
- COMMODITIES MARKET
3.1 AFEX Indices
The AFEX ACI and AFEX AEI both closed flat
3.2 AFEX Commodity Prices
Paddy Rice declined by 7.40% to top the losers’ chart while other commodities closed flat
3.3 Global Commodity Prices
Gold recorded 0.30% gain while Silver also advanced by 0.42% as of 12:43 NY time
In the energy market, Brent advanced by 0.36% while WTI declined by -0.86% as of 11:46 AM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
- CURRENCY/ FX MARKET
The naira appreciated by 0.08% at the I&E FX Window to close at N430.67/USD while the NAFEX rate depreciated by 0.16% to close at N428.00
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