Valmon Securities

MARKET OVERVIEW
At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), a total of 652.64Million shares were traded in 23,978 deals, with a market value of N18.8750billion. This represents a 55% decrease in volume, a 44% decrease in value, and a 46% increase in the number of deals compared to the previous trading day.
The current equities market capitalization stands at NGN 71.90trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 114,017.48basis points, reflecting a decrease of 599.27basis points (0.52%) but a YTD decrease of 11.56% from the previous day’s 114,616.75basis points.
In total,  129 NGX listed equities participated in trading, ending with 34 gainers and 28 losers. Berger Paints led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 22.55 per share, followed by E-Tranzact International (+10%), Daar Communications (+10%) and Legend Internet (+9.93%). On the losing side, Industrial & Medical Gases came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 11.08% at NGN 32.90 per share, followed by RT Briscoe (-10%), John Holt (-9.87%) and Beta Glass Company (-9.69%). Access Holdings recorded the highest volume of 88.3 million traded shares, followed by Zenith Bank (49.3m), Guaranty Trust Holding (47.2m) and Fidelity Bank (42.9m).

TOP 5 ADVANCERS

Symbols

Last Close

Current

Change

%Change

BERGER

N 20.50

N 22.55

2.05

10.00 %

ETRANZACT

N 6.00

N 6.60

0.60

10.00 %

DAARCOMM

N 0.60

N 0.66

0.06

10.00 %

LEGENDINT

N 5.34

N 5.87

0.53

9.93 %

OMATEK

N 0.73

N 0.79

0.06

8.22 %

TOP 5 DECLINERS

Symbols

Last Close

Current

Change

%Change

RTBRISCOE

N 2.50

N 2.25

-0.25

-10.00 %

JOHNHOLT

N 7.60

N 6.85

-0.75

-9.87 %

BETAGLAS

N 232.65

N 210.10

-22.55

-9.69 %

ARADEL

N 550.00

N 500.00

-50.00

-9.09 %

DEAPCAP

N 0.98

N 0.90

-0.08

-8.16 %

NIGERIAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Indicator

Rate

Inflation Rate

24.23% (April 2025)

Exchange Rate (NGN/USD)

N 1,606.54 (28/04/2025)

MPR

27.50% (APRIL 2025)

Foreign Reserves (Gross)

$38.5 billion (March 2025)

Crude Oil Price (Bonny Light) – US$/Barrel

$ $76.13 (22/04/2025)

GDP Q1 2025

3.60%

(Source: CBN, unless otherwise stated)

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