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Nigeria’s equities market closed further in the red zone on Tuesday August 30 as investors remained cautious about stocks following rising yield environment. The market decreased by 0.07percent while investors lost about N19billion at the close of trading session. Mutual Benefits, Fidelity Bank, Access Holdings, FBN.
Investors Lose N18.37bn as NGXASI Dips by 0.07%; Overnight Rate Contracts by 0.33% to Close at 9.67%; BDC Rate Depreciates to N698
- EQUITIES MARKET
1.1 NGX – Listed Equities
Nigerian Equities Market maintained negative posture as the key market indicator dipped further by 34.06bps while sell pressure persists.
The NGX All-Share Index dipped by 0.07% to close at 49,642.69 basis points as against 0.01% loss recorded to close at 49,676.75 basis points at the end of the previous trading session. In Naira terms, the NGX Market CAP records N18.37bn loss.
YTD, the NGXASI Stands at +16.21%
The total volume traded declined by -45.93% to close at 125.95m, valued at N3.07bn and traded in 4,145 deals. MBENEFIT was the most traded stock by volume with 25.34m units traded while MTNN was the most traded stock by value which is put at N1.45bn.
Sectoral performance was broadly negative as four (4) NGX sector index closed northward, nine (9) closed southward while five (5) closed flat. The NGX Oil and Gas Index inched up by 0.10% to top the gainers chart while the NGX MERIVAL Index dipped by 0.29% to top the losers’ chart.
Dangote index closed flat at 128.25 basis points while Elumelu index also closed flat at 107.22 basis points.
At the close of trading, market recorded 13 gainers to 13 losers and 86 unchanged. ETRANZACT topped the list of gainers while COURTVILLE topped the list of losers.
Thus, market breadth closed flat as the Market Breadth Index (MBI) is put at 0.00x.
Volume and Value Contribution
MBENEFIT led the volume’s chart with 20.12% contribution and closely followed by FIDELITYBK and ACCESSCORP
MTNN tops the value’s chart with 47.21% contribution and closely followed by AIRTELAFRI and NESTLE
NGX Earnings Summary
The following company released its financials on the NGX Exchange today.
NGX Corporate News
Fidelity Bank Plc notifies that it has entered into a binding agreement for the acquisition of 100.0% equity stake in Union Bank UK Plc (“Union Bank UK”), for which the Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a letter of “No Objection”.
1.2 NASD OTC Exchange – Unlisted Equities
The NASD market index inched up by 0.13% to close at 763.49 basis points as against 0.21% gain recorded to close at 762.49 basis points
The total volume traded declined by -73.20% to close at 0.034m units valued at N5.64m and traded in 6 deals.
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 Japan Nikkei 225 Index leads the top five gainers with 1.14% gain while the Israel TA-100 Nasdaq Index tops the top five losers with -1.66% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
1.4 African Indices
Similarly, on the African scene, the Tanzania Index tops the top five gainers with 0.47% gain while the South Africa All Share Index tops the top five losers with -2.19% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
- BONDS AND FIXED INCOME MARKETS
2.1 Debt Market Size
The FMDQ Debt Market Size inched up by 0.76% to close at N29.26trn as against previous figure of N29.04trn
2.2 Overnight and Open Repo (OPR)
The overnight lending rate contracted by 0.33% to close at 9.67% while the Open Repo (OPR) rate also contracted by 0.50% to close at 9.00%
- COMMODITIES MARKET
3.1 AFEX Indices
The AFEX ACI advanced by 0.03% while and AFEX AEI closed flat.
3.2 AFEX Commodity Prices
Maize advanced by 0.90% to top the gainers’ chart while Sorghum declined by 5.51% to top the losers’ chart.
3.3 Global Commodity Prices
Gold recorded 0.82% loss while Silver also declined by 2.07% as of 11:33 NY time
In the energy market, Brent declined by 2.56% while WTI also declined by 4.66% as of 10:34 AM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
- CURRENCY/ FX MARKET
The naira depreciated by 0.16% at the I&E FX Window to close at N431.00/USD while the NAFEX rate appreciated by 0.67% to close at N425.66
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Fidelity Bank Plc (the “Bank”) hereby notifies the General Public that it has entered into a binding agreement for the acquisition of 100.0% equity stake in Union Bank UK Plc (“Union Bank UK”), for which the Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a letter of “No Objection”.
Union Bank UK commenced operations from the heart of the City of London in 1983 to provide competitive banking services including Personal Banking, Trade Finance, Treasury Management, and Structured Trade and Commodity Finance which it offers to individual and corporate clients.
Commenting on the agreement, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc said:
“This transaction aligns with our strategic plan of expanding our service touchpoints beyond the Nigerian market and providing straight-through services that meet and exceed the needs of our growing clients. The diverse service bouquet and business model of Union Bank UK offered a compelling synergy, and we hope to build on the existing capacity to create a scalable and more sustaining service franchise that will support the wider ecosystem of our trade businesses and diaspora banking services.”
The transaction is subject to the approval of the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA} of the United Kingdom.
