By Adedapo Adesanya
The NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange ended the last trading session of the week in green, with a 0.03 per cent rise on Friday, January 27.
The improvement was spurred by the 7 Kobo increase in the share price of Geo-Fluids Plc, which closed at 98 Kobo per unit compared with the previous day’s 91 Kobo per unit.
As a result, the market capitalisation of the alternative stock exchange moved up by N300 million to settle at N924.06 billion, in contrast to Thursday’s value of N923.76 billion.
Equally, the NASD Unlisted Securities Index (NSI) rose by 0.32 points to wrap the session at 703.23 points compared with 703.01 points recorded in the previous session.
During the session, the unlisted securities bourse also reported jumps in the level of transactions as the trading volume, values, and deals rose at the close of business.
The volume of transacted stocks surged by 11,036.2 per cent to 21.1 million units from the 189,670 units traded in the preceding session, the value of shares traded went up by 31.7 per cent to N31.7 million from N4.9 million, while the number of deals grew by 75 per cent to 14 deals from the eight deals achieved on Thursday.
Business Post reports that there was no other price mover, as the single gainer finished the day as the most traded stock by volume on a year-to-date basis with a turnover of 81.2 million units worth N68.8 million, UBN Property Plc stood in second place with 29.7 million units valued at N21.1 million, while NASD Plc was in third place with 1.9 million units valued at N23.6 million.
VFD Group Plc maintained its apex position as the most active stock by value on a year-to-date basis with 425,362 units sold for N103.8 million, Geo-Fluids Plc rose to second place for trading 81.2 million units for N68.8 million and FrieslandCampina WAMCO Group Plc came next with 903,335 units valued at N59.3 million.
Modupe Gbadeyanka