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17 Stocks Weaken Investors’ Wealth by N188bn

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By Dipo Olowookere

The sum of N188 billion was lost by the stock market in Nigeria on Monday, reducing its size to N12.577 trillion from N12.695 trillion it closed last Friday.

Business Post reports that the sustained profit-taking witnessed during the day led to the 0.93 percent loss printed by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday.

This reduced the All-Share Index (ASI) by 226.47 points to 24,109.65 points as against the previous 24,336.12 points.

It was observed that the weakening of the market on the first trading session of the week was caused by the poor outings of 17 stocks, which overpowered the gains recorded by 14 equities during the session.

Nestle Nigeria dominated the laggards’ log with a loss of N81.80, closing its share price for the day at N1,175 per share.

Beta Glass lost N6.80 to sell at N61.55 per unit, BUA Cement shed N2.10 to quote at N39.90 per share, Julius Berger depreciated by N1.80 to finish at N16.55 per share, while C&I Leasing lost 35 kobo to close at N3.80 per unit.

On the flip side, Flour Mills topped the gainers’ chart after adding 90 kobo to its share value to finish at N18.50 per share.

Zenith Bank gained 80 kobo to close at N16.05 per share, GTBank appreciated by 20 kobo to trade at N21 per share, NAHCO also gained 20 kobo to sell at N2.20 per unit, while Union Bank improved by 10 kobo to quote at N5.45 per unit.

GTBank was the most active stock of the session, transacting 60.5 million units of its shares valued at N1.3 billion, with Access Bank trading 25.3 million stocks for N161.4 million.

UBA sold 8.8 million shares worth N53.2 million, FBN Holdings exchanged 8.5 million equities for N42.8 million, while Zenith Bank traded 8.0 million shares valued at N125.8 million.

In all, a total of 189.7 million stocks worth N2.8 billion were transacted on Monday in 4,216 deals compared with last Friday’s 144.3 million shares valued at N1.5 billion traded in 3,993 deals.

This indicated a 31.44 percent, 82.91 percent and 5.58 percent increases in the volume, the value of traded shares and the number of deals executed respectively.

Business Post reports that the financial services sector of the market put up a good fight yesterday, but this covered in blood by equities in the other sectors.

The banking index grew by 1.51 percent on Monday just as the insurance counter appreciated by 1.05 percent.

However, the consumer goods sector depreciated by 3.18 percent, the industrial goods space lost 2.35 percent, while the energy sector fell by 0.04 percent.

Dipo Olowookere is a journalist based in Nigeria that has passion for reporting business news stories. At his leisure time, he watches football and supports 3SC of Ibadan. Mr Olowookere can be reached via [email protected]

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Aradel Holdings Acquires Equity Stake in Chappal Energies

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By Aduragbemi Omiyale

A minority equity stake in Chappal Energies Mauritius Limited has been acquired by a Nigerian energy firm, Aradel Holdings Plc.

This deal came a few days after Chappal Energies purchased a 53.85 per cent equity stake in Equinor Nigeria Energy Company Limited (ENEC).

Chappal Energies went into the deal with Equinor to take part in the oil and gas lease OML 128, including the unitised 20.21 per cent stake in the Agbami oil field, operated by Chevron.

Since production started in 2008, the Agbami field has produced more than one billion barrels of oil, creating value for Nigerian society and various stakeholders.

As part of the deal, Chappal will assume the operatorship of OML 129, which includes several significant prospects and undeveloped discoveries (Nnwa, Bilah and Sehki).

The Nnwa discovery is part of the giant Nnwa-Doro field, a major gas resource with significant potential to deliver value for Nigeria.

In a separate transaction, on July 17, 2024, Chappal and Total Energies sealed an SPA for the acquisition by Chappal of 10 per cent of the SPDC JV.

The relevant parties to this transaction are working towards closing out this transaction and Ministerial Approval and NNPC consent to accede to the Joint Operating Agreement have been obtained.

“This acquisition is in line with diversifying our asset base, deepening our gas competencies and gaining access to offshore basins using low-risk approaches.

“We recognise the strategic role of gas in Nigeria’s energy future and are happy to expand our equity holding in this critical resource.

“We are committed to the cause of developing the significant value inherent in the assets, which will be extremely beneficial to the country.

“Aradel hopes to bring its proven execution competencies to bear in supporting Chappal’s development of these opportunities,” the chief executive of Aradel Holdings, Mr Adegbite Falade, stated.

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Afriland Properties Lifts NASD OTC Securities Exchange by 0.04%

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By Adedapo Adesanya

Afriland Properties Plc helped the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange record a 0.04 per cent gain on Tuesday, December 10 as the share price of the property investment rose by 34 Kobo to N16.94 per unit from the preceding day’s N16.60 per unit.

As a result of this, the market capitalisation of the bourse went up by N380 million to remain relatively unchanged at N1.056 trillion like the previous trading day.

But the NASD Unlisted Security Index (NSI) closed higher at 3,014.36 points after it recorded an addition of 1.09 points to Monday’s closing value of 3,013.27 points.

The NASD OTC securities exchange recorded a price loser and it was Geo-Fluids Plc, which went down by 2 Kobo to close at N3.93 per share, in contrast to the preceding day’s N3.95 per share.

During the trading session, the volume of securities bought and sold by investors increased by 95.8 per cent to 2.4 million units from the 1.2 million securities traded in the preceding session.

However, the value of shares traded yesterday slumped by 3.7 per cent to N4.9 million from the N5.07 million recorded a day earlier, as the number of deals surged by 27.3 per cent to 14 deals from 11 deals.

Geo-Fluids Plc remained the most active stock by volume (year-to-date) with 1.7 billion units sold for N3.9 billion, trailed by Okitipupa Plc with 752.2 million units valued at N7.8 billion, and Afriland Properties Plc with 297.5 million units worth N5.3 million.

Also, Aradel Holdings Plc remained the most active stock by value (year-to-date) with 108.7 million units worth N89.2 billion, followed by Okitipupa Plc with 752.2 million units valued at N7.8 billion, and Afriland Properties Plc with 297.5 million units sold for N5.3 billion.

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Naira Trades N1,542/$1 as FX Speculators Dump Dollars in Panic

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By Adedapo Adesanya

The Naira continued to appreciate on the US Dollar at the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), gaining 0.7 per cent or N10.23 on Tuesday, December 10 to trade at N1,542.27/$1 compared with the preceding day’s N1,552.50/$1.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-backed Electronic Foreign Exchange Matching System (EFEMS) platform introduced to tackle speculation and improve transparency in Nigeria’s FX market has been attributed as the source of the Naira’s appreciation.

Speculators holding foreign currencies, particularly the US Dollar, have seen the value of their money drastically drop due to the appreciation of the local currency. This is forcing them to dump greenback into the system and take the domestic currency alternative- a move that has seen available FX increase.

Equally, the domestic currency improved its value against the Pound Sterling in the official market during the trading day by N6.81 to sell for N1,955.12/£1 compared with Monday’s closing price of N1,961.93/£1 and against the Euro, it gained N10.84 to close at N1,613.00/€1, in contrast to the previous day’s rate of N1,623.84/€1.

Data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange showed that the value of forex transactions significantly increased yesterday by $228.85 million or 257.2 per cent to $401.17 million from the preceding session’s $112.32 million.

However, in the parallel market, the Nigerian currency weakened against the US Dollar on Tuesday by N5 to settle at N1,625/$1 compared with the previous day’s value of N1,620/$1.

In the cryptocurrency market, Dogecoin (DOGE) lost 4.8 per cent to sell at $0.39116, Litecoin (LTC) depreciated by 3.3 per cent to trade at $110.25, Binance Coin (BNB) went south by 2.3 per cent to $681.44, Ethereum (ETH) dropped 1.6 per cent to finish at $3,671.08, and Cardano (ADA) slid by 0.5 per cent to $0.8837

Conversely, Ripple (XRP) jumped by 5.4 per cent to $2.23 amid a continued shift for the coin with its parent company seeing the benefits of a crypto-friendly regulatory environment for US-based companies.

XRP is closely related to Ripple Labs, a high-profile payments company targeted by the SEC in 2020 on allegations of selling the token as a security to U.S. investors. Ripple fully cleared a long-drawn court case in 2024.

Further, Solana (SOL) expanded by 0.8 per cent to $219.75, Bitcoin (BTC) grew by 0.4 per cent to $97,446.95, while the US Dollar Tether (USDT) and the US Dollar Coin (USDC) remained unchanged at $1.00 each.

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