Over-the-Counter Stock Market Swells by N49.17bn in Week 12

March 27, 2023
alternative stock market

By Adedapo Adesanya

The value of the NASD over-the-counter Securities Exchange increased in the 12th week of trading last week for the fifth straight week by N49.17 billion or 5.1 per cent to N1.01 trillion from N961.12 billion in the previous week.

This was influenced by the admission of Purple Real Estate Income Plc into the OTC stock market and it made it the second time the bourse was hitting the N1 trillion mark after Access Bank Plc pushed the market to that region last year.

Business Post observed that the inclusion of Purple Real Estate Income into the platform caused the expansion, but the market on its own closed weaker as the NASD Unlisted Securities Index (NSI) fell by 0.15 per cent or 1.07 points to settle at 730.37 points compared with 731.44 points recorded in the previous week.

In the week, 11 Plc lost 6.7 per cent to close at N140.00 per unit versus N150.00 per unit, Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) depreciated by 1.4 per cent to N14.00 per share compared with N14.02 per share, First Trust Microfinance Bank Plc declined by 9.6 per cent to close at 47 Kobo per share from 52 Kobo per share, and Industrial and General Insurance (IGI) Plc shed 12.5 per cent to end at 7 Kobo per unit, in contrast to the preceding week’s 8 Kobo per unit.

On the flip side, FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc appreciated by 1.2 per cent to N76.00 per share from N75.11 per share, and Geo-Fluids jumped by 32.4 per cent to N1.8 per unit from N1.36 per unit.

On the activity chart, IGI Plc was the most traded stock by volume last week with 45.96 million units, Geo-Fluids Plc traded 36.90 million units, and First Trust Microfinance Bank Plc transacted 4.89 million.

Conversely, Geo-Fluids Plc was the most active stock by value with N56 million, Nipco Plc followed with N9 million, FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc posted N9 million, and 11 Plc raked in N4 million.

At the close of transactions, there was a 61.1 per cent decrease in the trading value to N88.8 million from N228.5 million, while the trading volume rose by 109.3 per cent to 88.2 million units from 42.1 million units, with the number of deals declining by 4.3 per cent to 45 deals from 47 deals.

In the year, the alternative stock exchange has recorded a turnover of 700.3 million units of securities valued at N2.60 billion traded in 735 deals.

Adedapo Adesanya

Adedapo Adesanya is a journalist, polymath, and connoisseur of everything art. When he is not writing, he has his nose buried in one of the many books or articles he has bookmarked or simply listening to good music with a bottle of beer or wine. He supports the greatest club in the world, Manchester United F.C.

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