At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), 370.5Million shares were traded in 10,026deals, amounting to a market value of N8.449Billion. Compared with the previous trading day (Tuesday November 19), today’s data shows a 0.44% increase in volume, a 32% increase in value and a 9% increase in the number of deals. The Current equities market capitalization of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd is NGN59.53trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 98,227.50Basis points, increase 255.17Basis Points, representing a 0.26% increase, and a YTD increase of 31.37% as against the previous trading day’s close of 97,972.33Basis points.
Cumulatively, 125 NGX equities participated in trading, ending with 38 gainers and 27 losers. Austin Laz & Company led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 2.20 per share, followed by Tantalizers (+10%), Lafarge Wapco (+9.98%) and Honeywell Flour Mill (+9.95%). On the losing side, Northern Nigeria Flour Mills came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 10% at NGN 33.75 per share, followed by RT Briscoe (-10%), Multiverse Mining & Exploration (-9.43%) and Daar Communications (-7.46%). Haldane McCall recorded the highest volume of 39.6 million traded shares, followed by Access Holdings (23m), United Bank for Africa (22.5m) and Lafarge Wapco (19.1m).
