Economy
Morison Manages 20% Weekly Gain in Depressed Stock Market
By Aduragbemi Omiyale
For those keenly following happenings in the Nigerian stock market, they will observe that things have not been too smooth this year.
The market has been struggling to replicate the sterling performance it put up from the second quarter of last year. Share prices have been depleting, no thanks to rising yields in the fixed income market, causing investors to divert their funds to the environment.
Last week, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) suffered a weekly loss of 1.18 per cent as the All-Share Index and market capitalisation depreciated to 39,331.61 points and N20.578 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of industrial goods and NSE Sovereign Bond indices, which appreciated by 1.39 per cent and 0.07 per cent while the ASeM index closed flat.
Business Post reports that in the week, only 14 stocks closed on the price gainers’ chart, lower than 20 stocks of the previous week.
Leading the chart was Morison Industries, which appreciated by 20.00 per cent to 66 kobo per share and was distantly followed by SAHCO, which gained 9.54 per cent to settle at N3.33 per share.
Unity Bank grew by 8.96 per cent to 73 kobo per share, BETA Glass gained 8.00 per cent to sell for N54.00 per share, while Lasaco Assurance appreciated by 5.69 per cent to N1.30 per share.
On the losers’ log, there were 71 members last week, higher than 43 in the previous week, with Champion Breweries taking the top spot after a 33.33 per cent decline in its share price to N1.68 per unit.
Japaul lost 28.99 per cent to trade at 49 kobo per share, Ardova declined by 25.21 per cent to N13.50 per share, Oando fell by 23.19 per cent to N2.65 per share, while NASCON dropped 19.00 per cent to trade at N13.00 per share.
Also in the week, a total of 77 equities remained unchanged, lower than 99 equities recorded in the previous week.
A look at the level of trading activities in the week showed that financial stock dominated with the sale of 1.6 billion units worth N10.7 billion executed in 13,269 deals, contributing 78.06 per cent and 36.06 per cent to the total trading volume and value respectively.
Shares in the consumer goods industry followed with 92.0 million units valued at N4.5 billion carried out in 4,168 deals, while the third place was energy equities with a turnover of 91.3 million units worth N10.5 billion transacted in 1,471 deals.
Wema Bank, Axa Mansard Insurance and Zenith Bank were the most active stock by volume with a turnover of 903.6 million units valued at N5.6 billion executed in 4,017 deals, contributing 43.19 per cent and 18.71 per cent to the total trading volume and value respectively.
At the close of transactions for the week last Friday, investors traded a total of 2.1 billion shares worth N29.7 billion in 24,238 deals as against the 1.9 billion shares worth N20.7 billion transacted in 24,687 deals a week earlier.
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.
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.
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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