Valmon Securities

MARKET OVERVIEW
At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), a total of 435.24Million shares were traded in 24,309 deals, with a market value of N15.129billion. This represents a 34% increase in volume, a 80% increase in value, and a 7% increase in the number of deals compared to the previous trading day.
The current equities market capitalization stands at NGN89.74trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 141,845.34basis points, reflecting a decrease of 417.73basis points (0.29%) but a YTD decrease of 37.81% from the previous day’s 142,263.07basis points.
In total, 124 NGX listed equities participated in trading, ending with 11 gainers and 43 losers. Deap Capital Management & Trust led the gainers with 9.94% share price appreciation closing at NGN 1.88 per share, followed by Sovereign Trust Insurance (+7.67%), Nigerian Breweries (+6.37%) and Guinness Nigeria (+4.49%). On the losing side, LivingTrust Mortgage Bank came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 10% at NGN 4.77 per share, followed by Veritas Kapital Assurance (-9.91%), Secure Electronic Technology (-8.54%) and Nigerian Exchange Group (-8.32%). United Bank for Africa recorded the highest volume of 82 million traded shares, followed by Access Holdings (29.4m), Zenith Bank (27.9m) and Chams (19.5m).

ADVANCERS

Symbols

Last Close

Current

Change

%Change

DEAPCAP

N 1.71

N 1.88

0.17

9.94 %

SOVRENINS

N 2.87

N 3.09

0.22

7.67 %

NB

N 71.40

N 75.95

4.55

6.37 %

GUINNESS

N 176.00

N 183.90

7.90

4.49 %

LEGENDINT

N 5.40

N 5.61

0.21

3.89 %

DECLINERS

Symbols

Last Close

Current

Change

%Change

LIVINGTRUST

N 5.30

N 4.77

-0.53

-10.00 %

VERITASKAP

N 2.22

N 2.00

-0.22

-9.91 %

NSLTECH

N 0.82

N 0.75

-0.07

-8.54 %

NGXGROUP

N 60.10

N 55.10

-5.00

-8.32 %

UCAP

N 20.50

N 18.95

-1.55

-7.56 %

NIGERIAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Indicator

Rate

Inflation Rate

20.12% (August 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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