Nigeria’s Unlisted Securities Appreciate by 0.38%

By Adedapo Adesanya

The NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange recorded a 0.38 per cent appreciation on Thursday, June 8, with investors gaining N3.84 billion at the close of transactions.

This was because the market capitalisation of Nigeria’s unlisted securities bourse finished at N1.011 trillion during the session compared with the previous day’s value of N1.007 trillion.

Following the same trend was the NASD Unlisted Securities Index (NSI), which was fortified by 2.78 points to wrap the session at 731.03 points, in contrast to the midweek trading day’s 728.25 points.

The fortification was triggered by 11 Plc, which added N11.94 to its value to close at N131.34 per unit versus Wednesday’s closing price of N119.40 per unit, and FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc, which gained 24 Kobo to close at N69.98 per unit versus the N69.74 it finished at the last session.

The duo ensured that the losses posted by two stocks did not overpower the market.

The price of Nipco Plc went down by N2.00 to end at N70.00 per share against N72.00 per share in the previous session while Geo Fluids Plc lost 13 Kobo to end at N2.77 per share versus N2.90 per share.

Yesterday, investors transacted 2.1 million units of shares on NASD, 2,243.3 per cent higher than the 89,903 units of shares traded in the preceding session.

Also, the value of shares traded during the trading day increased by 248.1 per cent to N32.2 million from N9.2 million, as the number of deals grew by 33.3 per cent to 16 deals from 12 deals.

Geo-Fluids Plc closed the market as the most traded equity by volume (year-to-date) with 833.1 million units worth N1.3 billion, IGI Plc occupied second place with 628.3 units valued at N49.5 million, while UBN Property Plc was in third place with 395.9 million units worth N336.6 million.

Similarly, VFD Group Plc closed as the most traded stock by value (year-to-date) with 11.0 million units worth N2.5 billion, Geo-Fluids Plc followed with 833.1 million units valued at N1.3 billion, while FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc was in third place with 17.8 million units worth N1.3 billion.