At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), 544.24Million shares were traded in 8,464deals, amounting to a market value of N10.632Billion. Compared with the previous trading day (Thursday December 12), today’s data shows a 11% increase in volume, a 51% increase in value and a 2% increase in the number of deals. The Current equities market capitalization of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd is NGN60.24trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 99,378.06Basis points, increase 617.47Basis Points, representing a 0.63% increase, and a YTD increase of 32.91% as against the previous trading day’s close of 98,760.59Basis points.
Cumulatively, 128 NGX equities participated in trading, ending with 37 gainers and 15 losers. Aradel Holdings led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 550.00 per share, followed by Ikeja Hotel (+10%), Caverton Offshore Support Group (+10%) and Africa Prudential (+9.87%). On the losing side, Austin Laz & Company came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 10% at NGN 1.62 per share, followed by Associated Bus Company (-8%), Royal Exchange (-7.69%) and Secure Electronic Technology (-5.26%). Japaul Gold and Ventures recorded the highest volume of 71.7 million traded shares, followed by E-Tranzact International (70.7m), Tantalizers (57.3m) and FCMB Group (33m).
