At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), 503.19Million shares were traded in 12,490deals, amounting to a market value of N16,272Billion. Compared with the previous trading day (Friday December 20), today’s data shows a 2% decrease in volume, a 1% decrease in value and a 8% increase in the number of deals. The Current equities market capitalization of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd is NGN61.44trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 101,356.15Basis points, increase 227.06Basis Points, representing a 0.22% increase, and a YTD increase of 35.55% as against the previous trading day’s close of 101,129.09Basis points.
Cumulatively, 124 NGX equities participated in trading, ending with 54 gainers and 20 losers. Okomu Oil Palm led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 403.70 per share, followed by MRS Oil Nigeria (+10%), AXA Mansard Insurance (+10%) and Sterling Bank (+10%). On the losing side, Austin Laz & Company came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 9.84% at NGN 1.65 per share, followed by Aradel Holdings (-9.64%), Oando (-8.63%) and Veritas Kapital Assurance (-4.44%). Guaranty Trust Holding recorded the highest volume of 39.4 million traded shares, followed by Japaul Gold and Ventures (35.8m), Zenith Bank (34.6m) and United Bank for Africa (26.4m).
