Nigerian Stocks Attract N87.749bn in One Week

By Dipo Olowookere

About N87.749 billion was staked on 3.893 billion Nigerian stocks last week executed in 43,868 deals, according to data obtained from the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited.

Business Post reports that the trading value was higher than the preceding week as the bourse recorded a turnover of 3.194 billion shares valued at N54.850 billion completed in 45,112 deals.

The financial services industry led the activity chart with 2.709 billion equities worth N51.027 billion traded in 20,017 deals, contributing 69.58 per cent and 58.15 per cent to the total trading volume and value, respectively.

The consumer goods space recorded the sale of 403.658 million shares worth N3.844 billion in 4,239 deals, and the industrial goods sector traded 198.360 million stocks valued at N10.328 billion in 4,606 deals.

FBN Holdings, Wema Bank, and Fidelity Bank accounted for 1.625 billion shares worth N28.982 billion in 3,226 deals, contributing 41.74 per cent and 33.03 per cent to the total trading volume and value, respectively.

Last week, 51 equities appreciated versus 32 equities of the previous week, 30 shares depreciated versus 46 shares of the preceding week, and 72 stocks closed flat versus 75 stocks of the earlier week.

Golden Guinea Breweries gained 45.95 per cent to trade at N5.40, Sunu Assurances improved by 29.49 per cent to N5.05, Lafarge Africa rose by 27.59 per cent to N74.00, Secure Electronic Technology expanded by 27.27 per cent to 70 Kobo, and Cornerstone Insurance jumped by 25.00 per cent to N3.20.

Conversely, Learn Africa shed 11.75 per cent to N2.93, Aradel Holdings declined by 10.06 per cent to N465.00, eTranzact lost 10.00 per cent to sell for N6.75, Red Star Express also waned by 10.00 per cent to N4.41, and John Holt slumped by 9.98 per cent to N8.03.

On a week-on-week basis, the All-Share Index (ASI) and the market capitalisation appreciated by 0.72 per cent to 98,210.75 points and N59.534 trillion, respectively.

Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Main Board, growth and sovereign bond indices, which depreciated by 0.39 per cent, 0.15 per cent, and 0.06 per cent, respectively, while the ASeM index closed flat.