At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), 1.484Billion shares were traded in 12,877deals, amounting to a market value of N19.394Billion. Compared with the previous trading day (Thursday January 9), today’s data shows a 203% increase in volume, a 48% increase in value and a 1% decrease in the number of deals. The Current equities market capitalization of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd is NGN64.30trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 105,451.06Basis points, decrease 79.68Basis Points, representing a 0.08% decrease, and a YTD increase of 2.45% as against the previous trading day’s close of 105,530.74Basis points.
Cumulatively, 126 NGX equities participated in trading, ending with 32 gainers and 25 losers. C&I Leasing led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 4.51 per share, followed by Honeywell Flour Mill (+9.99%), Trans-Nationwide Express (+9.89%) and RT Briscoe (+9.83%). On the losing side, Sunu Assurances Nigeria came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 9.99% at NGN 7.30 per share, followed by Eunisell Interlinked (-9.96%), Skyway Aviation Handling Co. (-9.87%) and Daar Communications (-9.28%). Tantalizers recorded the highest volume of 53 million traded shares, followed by Universal Insurance Company (34.8m), Access Holdings (33.9m) and Nigerian Breweries (27.3m).
