At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), 1.112Billion shares were traded in 16,617deals, amounting to a market value of N14.638Billion. Compared with the previous trading day (Monday January 6), today’s data shows a 30% increase in volume, a 10% increase in value and a 1% increase in the number of deals. The Current equities market capitalization of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd is NGN63.05trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 103,398.82Basis points, decrease 249.42Basis Points, representing a 0.24% decrease, and a YTD increase of 0.7% as against the previous trading day’s close of 103,648.24Basis points.
Cumulatively, 127 NGX equities participated in trading, ending with 19 gainers and 51 losers. PZ Cussons Nigeria led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 27.50 per share, followed by Abbey Mortgage Bank (+10%), Learn Africa (+9.9%) and NCR Nigeria (+9.77%). On the losing side, RT Briscoe came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 10% at NGN 2.70 per share, followed by FTN Cocoa Processors (-10%), Veritas Kapital Assurance (-10%) and Sunu Assurances Nigeria (-9.98%). FBN Holdings recorded the highest volume of 161 million traded shares, followed by Aiico Insurance (121m), Tantalizers (105m) and Universal Insurance Company (93.8m).
