At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), 478.08Million shares were traded in 9,578deals, amounting to a market value of N22.513Billion. Compared with the previous trading day (Monday December 16), today’s data shows a 35% decrease in volume, a 33% increase in value and a 8% decrease in the number of deals. The Current equities market capitalization of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd is NGN60.65trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 100,050.94Basis points, increase 128.31Basis Points, representing a 0.13% increase, and a YTD increase of 33.80% as against the previous trading day’s close of 99,922.63Basis points.
Cumulatively, 124 NGX equities participated in trading, ending with 25 gainers and 26 losers. MRS Oil Nigeria led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 145.20 per share, followed by Wapic Insurance (+10%), Caverton Offshore Support Group (+9.68%) and Lasaco Assurance (+9.41%). On the losing side, Cutix came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 10% at NGN 2.25 per share, followed by Tantalizers (-9.73%), Daar Communications (-7.02%) and Oando (-6.1%). E-Tranzact International recorded the highest volume of 70.2 million traded shares, followed by Transcorp Hotels (70m), Oando (26.4m) and Veritas Kapital Assurance (21.3m).
