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Guaranty Trust Holdings Plc Declares N77.56bn PAT in H1 2022 Audited Results; Proposes 30K Interim Dividend, (SP: N19.8k)
Guaranty Trust Holdings Plc released its Q2 2022 Audited results for the period ended June 30th, 2022.
Key Highlights
- Gross Earnings grew by 15.1% from N207.91bn to N239.29bn.
- Profit before tax stood at N103.25bn
- Profit after tax stood at N77.56bn
- Share Price Currently Stands at N19.8k
- Proposed Dividend is 30 kobo per 50 kobo ordinary share
Investors Lose N29.12bn as NGXASI Dips by 0.11%; Overnight Rate Expands by 0.67% to Close at 13.17%; BDC Rate Appreciates to N700
- EQUITIES MARKET
1.1 NGX – Listed Equities
Nigerian Equities Market opened the week on a negative note as the key market indicator dipped by 54.42bps to close below 50,000 psychological line.
The NGX All-Share Index dipped by 0.11% to close at 49,991.41 basis points as against 0.31% gain recorded to close at 50,045.83 basis points at the end of the previous trading session. In Naira terms, the NGX Market CAP records N29.12bn loss.
YTD, the NGXASI Stands at +17.03%
The total volume traded declined by -16.29% to close at 200.92m, valued at N1.45bn and traded in 3,976 deals. STERLNBANK was the most traded stock by volume with 90.89m units traded while MTNN was the most traded stock by value which is put at N252.47m.
Sectoral performance was broadly negative as three (3) NGX sector index closed northward, twelve (12) closed southward while three (3) closed flat. The NGX Consumer Goods Index inched up by 0.55% to top the gainers chart while the NGX Banking Index dipped by 0.91% to top the losers’ chart.
Dangote index closed flat at 128.39 basis points while Elumelu index dipped by 0.98% to close at 107.38 basis points.
At the close of trading, market recorded 12 gainers to 15 losers and 73 unchanged. CHAMS topped the list of gainers while ABCTRANS topped the list of losers.
Thus, market breadth closed negative as the Market Breadth Index (MBI) is put at -0.04x.
Volume and Value Contribution
STERLNBANK led the volume’s chart with 45.24% contribution and closely followed by FIDELITYBK and UBA
MTNN tops the value’s chart with 17.46% contribution and closely followed by ZENITHBANK and GTCO
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 closed flat at 762.12 basis points as against flat position recorded to close at 762.12 basis points
The total volume traded declined by -22.37% to close at 0.017m units valued at N2.05m and traded in 5 deals.
At the close of trading, NASD OTC market recorded zero (0) 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 Germany DAX Index leads the top five gainers with 2.92% gain while the India NIFTY Index tops the top five losers with -1.22% 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 2.05% gain while the BRVM-10 Index tops the top five losers with -0.75% loss as of 4pm Nigerian Time
- 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 expanded by 0.67% to close at 13.17% while the Open Repo (OPR) rate also expanded by 0.67% to close at 12.67%
- COMMODITIES MARKET
3.1 AFEX Indices
The AFEX ACI inched up by 3.46% to close at 454.35bps while AFEX AEI closed flat.
3.2 AFEX Commodity Prices
Maize advanced by 4.16% to top the gainers’ chart while Sorghum declined by 24.67% to top the losers’ chart.
3.3 Global Commodity Prices
Gold recorded 0.07% loss while Silver advanced by 0.67% as of 12:07 NY time
In the energy market, Brent advanced by 2.54% while WTI also advanced by 2.81% as of 11:08 AM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
- CURRENCY/ FX MARKET
The naira depreciated by 0.75% at the I&E FX Window to close at N434.75/USD while the NAFEX rate also depreciated by 0.31% to close at N430.22
