Valmon Securities

MARKET OVERVIEW
At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), a total of 486.09million shares were traded in 24,883 deals, with a market value of N11.382billion. This represents a 13% increase in volume, a 33% increase in value, and a 52% increase in the number of deals compared to the previous trading day.
The current equities market capitalization stands at NGN 68.95trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 109,697.83basis points, reflecting a decrease of 12.54basis points (0.01%) but a YTD increase of 6.58% from the previous day’s 109,710.37basis points.

In total, 127 NGX listed equities participated in trading, ending with 46 gainers and 23 losers. Ikeja Hotel led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 15.40 per share, followed by Tantalizers (+10%), Beta Glass Company (+9.98%) and Northern Nigeria Flour Mills (+9.97%). On the losing side, The Initiates came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 10% at NGN 6.12 per share, followed by Associated Bus Company (-9.83%), University Press (-9.77%) and FTN Cocoa Processors (-9.65%). Access Holdings recorded the highest volume of 45.1 million traded shares, followed by Fidelity Bank (39.4m), Guaranty Trust Holding (32.4m) and Cutix (24.1m).

Top Gainers

Symbol

Last Close (NGN)

Current Price (NGN)

Change (NGN)

% Change

IKEJAHOTEL

N 14.00

N 15.40

1.40

10.00 %

TANTALIZER

N 2.30

N 2.53

0.23

10.00 %

BETAGLAS

N 235.05

N 258.50

23.45

9.98 %

CHAMPION

N 6.82

N 7.50

0.68

9.97 %

NNFM

N 119.90

N 131.85

11.95

9.97 %

Top Losers

Symbol

Last Close (NGN)

Current Price (NGN)

Change (NGN)

% Change

TIP

N 6.80

N 6.12

-0.68

-10.00 %

ABCTRANS

N 2.95

N 2.66

-0.29

-9.83 %

UPL

N 4.40

N 3.97

-0.43

-9.77 %

FTNCOCOA

N 2.59

N 2.34

-0.25

-9.65 %

RTBRISCOE

N 2.10

N 1.90

-0.20

-9.52 %

NIGERIAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Indicator

Rate

Inflation Rate

24.23% (March 2025)

Exchange Rate (NGN/USD)

N 1,606.54 (28/04/2025)

MPR

27.50% (March 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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