At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), 855.97Million shares were traded in 16,505deals, amounting to a market value of N13.250Billion. Compared with the previous trading day (Last week Friday January 3), today’s data shows a 21% increase in volume, a 61% increase in value and a 21% increase in the number of deals. The Current equities market capitalization of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd is NGN63.20trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 103,648.24Basis points, increase 61.91Basis Points, representing a 0.06% increase, and a YTD increase of 0.7% as against the previous trading day’s close of 103,648.24Basis points.
Cumulatively, 128 NGX equities participated in trading, ending with 48 gainers and 19 losers. Wema Bank led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 11.00 per share, followed by Daar Communications (+10%), Honeywell Flour Mill (+9.99%) and Wapic Insurance (+9.96%). On the losing side, Cutix came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 5.45% at NGN 2.60 per share, followed by Caverton Offshore Support Group (-5.36%), Jaiz Bank (-5.23%) and Champion Breweries (-4.53%). Chams recorded the highest volume of 80.8 million traded shares, followed by Veritas Kapital Assurance (60.5m), Access Holdings (54.3m) and Guaranty Trust Holding (54m).
