At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), 632.74Million shares were traded in 8,404deals, amounting to a market value of N10.811Billion. Compared with the previous trading day (Wednesday November 27), today’s data shows a 18% decrease in volume, a 18% increase in value and a 5% decrease in the number of deals. The Current equities market capitalization of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd is NGN59.28trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 97,783.81Basis points, increase 488.78Basis Points, representing a 0.50% increase, and a YTD increase of 30.77% as against the previous trading day’s close of 97,295.03Basis points.
Cumulatively, 125 NGX equities participated in trading, ending with 28 gainers and 29 losers. Vitafoam Nigeria led the gainers with 9.81% share price appreciation closing at NGN 23.50 per share, followed by Aradel Holdings (+9.23%), FTN Cocoa Processors (+7.82%) and Sovereign Trust Insurance (+6.25%). On the losing side, Prestige Assurance Company came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 10% at NGN 0.81 per share, followed by Unilever Nigeria (-9.97%), Austin Laz & Company (-9.96%) and John Holt (-9.9%). FBN Holdings recorded the highest volume of 167 million traded shares, followed by Haldane McCall (119m), Guinea Insurance (41.3m) and Cutix (38.5m).
