Nigerian Exchange Index Skyrockets to 54,085.30 points After 1.76% Rise

May 28, 2022
Nigerian Exchange

By Dipo Olowookere

It was another fantastic day at the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) as the recent bullish run witnessed lately continued after a short disruption caused by the raising of the interest rate to 13.0 per cent from 11.5 per cent by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday.

Yesterday, the stock market appreciated further by 1.76 per cent on the back of renewed interest in local equities buoyed by the release of the much-awaited financial statements of FBN Holdings Plc for the 2021 fiscal year.

At the exchange on Friday, the All Share Index (ASI) skyrocketed by 933.98 points to 54,085.30 points from 53,151.32 points, while the market capitalisation jumped by N504 billion to N29.158 trillion from the preceding day’s N28.654 trillion.

The gains were influenced by sustained buying pressure in shares in the banking, insurance, energy and industrial goods sectors, which appreciated by 0.48 per cent, 0.32 per cent, 0.24 per cent and 0.01 per cent respectively, while the consumer goods counter depreciated by 2.41 per cent due to sell-offs in Nigerian Breweries, UAC Nigeria and others.

During the session, investors traded 208.1 million equities valued at N5.5 billion in 4,898 deals compared with the 266.2 million equities worth N5.1 billion transacted in 5,501 deals a day earlier, representing a decline in the trading volume and number of deals by 21.83 per cent and 10.96 per cent respectively and an increase in the trading value by 7.92 per cent.

Cutix was the highest price gainer yesterday as its value went up by 9.96 per cent to N2.87, Airtel Africa appreciated by 9.89 per cent to N1,767.00, Wema Bank gained 8.63 per cent to finish at N3.65, Ardova improved by 7.09 per cent to N15.10, while FBN Holdings increased its value by 6.98 per cent to N11.50.

On the other side of the coin, the heaviest price loser was Nigerian Breweries as it deflated by 10.00 per cent to N69.30, UAC Nigeria reduced by 9.87 per cent to N10.50, University Press declined by 9.52 per cent to N2.85, Royal Exchange went down by 9.26 per cent to 98 kobo, while Linkage Assurance depleted by 6.67 per cent to 56 kobo.

Business Post reports that the market breadth was at equilibrium on Friday as there were 19 appreciating stocks and 19 depreciating stocks.

Dipo Olowookere

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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