At the end of the last weekday of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX), a total of 482,592,611 shares in 5,298 deals, corresponding to a market value of NGN 5,641,713,408.66, were traded. Compared with the previous NGX trading day
The data shows 37% decline in volume, 2% decline in turnover, and 11% decline in deals. The current market capitalization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange is NGN 28.6 trillion.
In the aggregate, 112 NGX listed equities participated in trading, ending with 37 gainers and 13 losers. Computer Warehouse Group led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 1.32 per share, followed by Learn Africa (+10%), International Energy Insurance (+9.73%) and Custodian & Allied (+9.65%). On the losing side, Transcorp Nigeria came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 9.77% at NGN 1.94 per share, followed by LivingTrust Mortgage Bank (-9.73%), McNichols (-9.72%) and Glaxo Smithkline Consumer (-8.73%). Access Holdings recorded the highest volume of 169 million traded shares, followed by United Bank for Africa (53.5m), Fidelity Bank (36m) and Zenith Bank (33.2m).
Regarding the performance of NGX market indices, the benchmark NGX All-Share Index (ASI) climbed 175.77 (0.34%) points to close at 52,466.52, representing a 1-week gain of 0.44%, a 4-week loss of 3.26%, but an overall year-to-date gain of 2.37%. Other remarkable indices that performed were the NGX Top 50 Index (+0.36%; +0.51% 1WK; +4.4% YTD), NGX Top 30 Index (+0.23%; -0.2% 1WK; +2.3% YTD), NGX Oil & Gas Index (+2.39%; +4.9% 1WK; +14.12% YTD), NGX Banking Index (+1.37%; +6.21% 1WK; +10.41% YTD), NGX Pension Index (+1.07%; +3.19% 1WK; +8.55% YTD), and NGX Premium Index (+0.54%; +0.9% 1WK; +11.48% YTD).
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