By Dipo Olowookere
Equities of Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Group on the NASD over-the-counter (OTC) Securities Exchange closed positive on its first trading session.
The NGX Group stocks formally joined the unlisted securities market in Nigeria on Tuesday and started their first full trading day today.
The demand for the equities of the demutualised exchange, which is running as a non-operating holding company, surged on Wednesday, causing its value to rise by 2.31 per cent.
Business Post reports that NGX Group stocks were listed on the NASD Exchange yesterday at a unit price of N25 and at the market today, they rose to N25.59.
According to data obtained by this newspaper, the firm listed a total of 1,900,000,000 units of its securities on the alternative bourse, boosting the market capitalisation by N48.6 billion.
The exchange used to be known as the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) but after its conversion, it became NGX Group Plc with three subsidiaries: Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited, the operating exchange; NGX Regulation (NGX RegCo) Limited, the independent regulatory arm of the exchange; and NGX Real Estate (NGX RelCo) Limited, the real estate company.
Adedapo Adesanya