Economy
Oando Leads Gainers’ Chart of 69 Stocks After 48.15% Weekly Gain
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
The Jubril Adewale Tinubu-led Oando Plc was the highest price gainer last week, appreciating by 48.15 per cent to settle at N4.00 per share.
Business Post reports last week was historic on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as the All-Share Index (ASI) posted its largest daily gain in more than five years on Thursday, November 12, 2020.
The ASI rose beyond the set threshold of 5 per cent, triggering a 30-minute trading halt of all stocks for the first time since the circuit breaker was introduced in 2016.
The circuit breaker protocol was triggered at 12:55pm, when the index increased from 33,268.36 points to 34,959.39 points. The market reopened at exactly 1:25pm, with a 10-minute intra-day auction session before resuming continuous trading till the close of the day at 2:30pm.
At the close of transactions for the week on Friday, a total of 69 equities appreciated in price during the week, higher than 40 equities recorded on the chart in the previous week.
Japaul appreciated by 43.48 per cent to close at 33 kobo per share, Northern Nigerian Flour Mills increased by 40.00 per cent to N7.70 per share, Livestock Feeds gained 36.79 per cent to finish at N1.45 per share, while Fidson appreciated by 36.53 per cent to end at N5.98 per share.
On the flip side, 12 equities depreciated in price, lower than 24 equities in the previous week, with Ikeja Hotel topping the log after a price decline of 9.91 per cent to N1.00 per share.
Global Spectrum Energy Services depreciated by 9.89 per cent to N4.19 per share, Morison Industries dropped 9.26 per cent to 49 kobo per share, Consolidated Hallmark Insurance declined by 8.11 per cent to 34 kobo per share, while CAP depreciated by 3.70 per cent to N22.15 per share.
An analysis of the major performance indicators of the market showed that the ASI and the market capitalisation increased by 12.97 per cent to 35,037.46 points and N18.308 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher while the ASeM index closed flat.
On the activity chart, a total of 4.5 billion shares worth N58.7 billion were traded in the week in 47,140 deals as against the 2.1 billion shares valued at N22.6 billion transacted a week earlier in 25,187 deals.
A breakdown indicated that stocks in the financial services industry led the chart with 3.1 billion units worth N35.4 billion traded in 25,894 deals, contributing 68.15 per cent and 60.29 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
Equities in the conglomerate sector followed with 437.8 million units valued at N771.3 million in 1,864 deals, while stocks in the consumer goods sector recorded a turnover of 373.6 million units worth N7.8 billion in 7,471 deals.
Furthermore, Zenith Bank, FBN Holding and Transcorp Hotels accounted for 1.4 billion shares worth N18.1 billion in 9,537 deals, contributing 31.63 per cent and 30.79 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
By Adedapo Adesanya
NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange remained in the negative territory after it further depreciated by 0.64 per cent on Friday, July 24, despite recording four price gainers.
The NASD Security Index (NSI) dropped 27.4 points at the close of business to settle at 4,294.75 points versus the previous day’s 4,383.48 points, while the market capitalisation gave up N16.49 billion to end at N2.577 trillion, in contrast to the N2.594 trillion it ended a day earlier.
The bourse was down during the session amid heavy sell-offs, with the volume of transactions skyrocketing by 693.9 per cent to 2.99 million units from Thursday’s 377,635 units.
Equally, the value of trades went up by 71.6 per cent to N69.4 million from N40.4 million, and the number of deals increased by 41.0 per cent to 55 deals from the preceding day’s 39 deals.
Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) Plc remained the most active stock by value on a year-to-date basis, with 3.4 billion units worth N8.4 billion, trailed by Infrastructure Credit Guarantee (Infracredit) Plc with 2.3 billion units sold for N6.5 billion, and Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc with 75.6 million units traded for N5.4 billion.
GNI Plc was also the most active stock by volume on a year-to-date basis, with 3.4 billion units exchanged for N8.4 billion, trailed by Infracredit Plc with 2.3 billion units transacted for N6.5 billion, and Resourcery Plc with 1.1 billion units valued at N415.7 million.
The market ended the session with four price gainers and two price losers, led by FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc, which lost N7.44 to trade at N136.19 per share compared with the previous day’s N143.63 per share, and CSCS Plc, which declined by N1.64 to N93.63 per unit from N95.27 per unit.
But MRS Oil gained N13.50 to sell at N148.50 per share versus N135.00 per share, Afriland Properties Plc advanced by 56 Kobo to N17.41 per unit from N16.85 per unit, UBN Property Plc surged by 18 Kobo to N1.93 per share from N1.75 per share, and Food Concepts Plc climbed by 1 Kobo to N2.50 per unit from N2.49 per unit.
By Dipo Olowookere
Nigeria’s stock exchange succumbed to profit-taking on Friday, losing 0.19 per cent when the closing gong was hit at 4 pm.
Shares in the banking and energy sectors influenced the decline suffered by the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited during the session, as they respectively closed lower by 0.40 per cent and 0.04 per cent.
The industrial goods index was flat yesterday, while the insurance counter gained 0.68 per cent and the consumer goods space chalked up 0.25 per cent. The gains by these two segments could not keep Customs Street in the green territory at the close of business.
As a result, the All-Share Index (ASI) retreated by 474.00 points to 247,357.40 points from 247,831.40 points, and the market capitalisation decreased by N306 billion to N159.588 trillion from N159.894 trillion.
Presco dropped 10.00 per cent during the trading day to close at N2,070.00, Thomas Wyatt crumbled by 9.93 per cent to N3.63, Trans-Nationwide Express plunged by 8.44 per cent to N2.82, Royal Exchange slipped by 7.86 per cent to N1.29, and LivingTrust Mortgage Bank shrank by 7.32 per cent to N3.80.
On the flip side, C&I Leasing improved by 9.48 per cent to N6.35, Cornerstone Insurance rose by 9.09 per cent to N6.00, RT Briscoe jumped by 8.61 per cent to N13.25, Honeywell Flour expanded by 7.38 per cent to N17.45, and Africa Prudential increased by 6.98 per cent to N13.80.
Despite the poor performance, the local bourse recorded a positive market breadth index after finishing with 35 price gainers and 25 price losers, representing strong investor sentiment.
It was a relatively quiet market on Friday, as the activity level dropped, with the trading volume down by 27.72 per cent to 565.5 million units from 782.4 million units, and the trading value contracted by 46.89 per cent to N29.9 billion from N56.3 billion, while the number of deals executed by investors soared by 16.03 per cent to 53,688 deals from 46,273 deals.
Access Holdings was the busiest stock for the session, with a turnover of 128.0 million units sold for N3.8 billion, First Holdco transacted 35.4 million units worth N4.3 billion, Chams exchanged 34.8 million units valued at N154.3 million, Zenith Bank traded 30.4 million units for N3.9 billion, and UBA sold 30.4 million units worth N1.5 billion.
By Adedapo Adesanya
The Naira marked a whole week of appreciation against the United States Dollar on Friday, July 24, further gaining N5.67 or 0.41 per cent to close at N1,362.09/$1 in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEX) compared with N1,367.76/$1 it ended on Thursday.
Equally, the local currency appreciated against the Pound Sterling in the official FX market yesterday by N10.83 to trade at N1,813.62/£1 versus the preceding day’s N1,824.45/£1, and improved against the Euro by N7.68 to settle at N1,549.10/€1, in contrast to the N1,556.78/€1 it was exchanged a day earlier.
However, at the parallel market and GTBank forex counter, the Nigerian currency remained unchanged against the greenback during the session at N1,400/$1 and N1,379/$1, respectively.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) buffer has been strengthened with sustained foreign portfolio inflows and robust foreign reserves, which stand above $52 billion.
The apex bank’s policy signals that the Naira will be stronger in the near term, with Nigeria clearing hurdles with FX reforms and settlement of all backlogs.
However, some traders expect that pressure may come due to foreign-currency buying from fuel importers as they make Dollar purchases to build inventories.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC), in the digital currency landscape, trimmed recent gains as it fell by 2.3 per cent to $63,787.73.
The weak action in the AI momentum trade is feeding through to crypto as well.
Further, Cardano (ADA) dropped 3.7 per cent to close at $0.1615, Solana (SOL) dipped by 2.8 per cent to $73.71, Ripple (XRP) crashed by 2.3 per cent to $1.08, Ethereum (ETH) slid by 1.9 per cent to $1,851.58, Dogecoin (DOGE) retreated by 0.8 per cent to $0.0694, Binance Coin (BNB) contracted by 0.7 per cent to $564.18, and TRON (TRX) lost 0.5 per cent to trade at $0.3292, while the US Dollar Tether (USDT) and the US Dollar Coin (USDC) traded flat at $1.00 each.
