Economy

Stock Market Records Marginal Loss of N6b

Published

7 years ago

19/04/2018

By Dipo Olowookere

Activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed on a negative note on Wednesday as investors closely watch happenings in the political settings in the country.

Yesterday, there were reports that a lawmaker suspended for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Ovie Omo-Agege, stormed the Senate with some thugs to steal the symbol of authority of the upper parliament, the mace.

Hours later, the Senator was arrested by security officials in connection with the unfortunate incident.

Also yesterday, it was reported that some Ministers were not at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who stood in for his boss presently away in London for a meeting of leaders of Commonwealth nations.

With these political tensions ahead of the 2019 general elections, the local bourse reacted negatively, recording a marginal decline of 0.04 percent. This came a day after the equity market posted a gain of 0.63 percent.

Business Post reports that the market capitalisation depreciated yesterday by N5.9 billion to close at N14.728 trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) went down by 16.42 points to finish at 40,772.26 points.

Our correspondent further reports that there were sell-offs recorded in the Industrial goods, Consumer goods as well as the Oil & Gas sectors.

At the close of business, it was Seplat that topped the price losers’ chart after losing N23.90k to finish at N702 per share.

It was followed by International Breweries, which depreciated by N1.5k to close at N48.95k per share, and Lafarge, which fell by 95k to end at N45.65k per share.

Nigerian Breweries depreciated by 90k to finish at N126 per share, while Union Bank went down by 30k to close at N6 per share.

On the flip side, Julius Berger gave its shareholders something to be happy about at the market yesterday after growing by N1.5k to settle at N27 per share.

Oando gained 80k to close at N9.5k per share, while Ecobank garnered 50k to wrap the day at N19.50k per share.

Northern Nigeria Flour Mills appreciated by 30k on Wednesday to end at N6.85k per share, while Fidson added 26k to its share value to settle at N5.77k per share.

In all, a total of 24 counters recorded various price appreciations yesterday at the stock market, while 18 equities depreciated in value.

Business Post reports also that the volume and value of transactions recorded yesterday decreased by 85.64 percent and 60.43 percent.

Investors traded a total of 230.2 million shares worth N4.3 billion in 4,090 deals against the 1.6 billion equities sold in the previous session in 4,729 deals valued at N10.9 billion.

It was observed that there were huge activities in the GTBank shares with a total of 67.4 million units sold for N3 billion.

Fidelity Bank traded 14.9 million shares worth N38.4 million, while First Bank exchanged 14.7 million equities valued at N182.7 million.

Japaul Oil transacted 12.9 million shares for N7 million, while FCMB traded 10.3 million equities at N25.8 million.

Economy

Geo-Fluids, Afriland Properties Lift NASD Bourse by 0.13%

Published

10 hours ago

11/01/2025

Adedapo Adesanya

By Adedapo Adesanya

The duo of Geo-Fluids Plc and Afriland Properties Plc propelled the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange up 0.13 per cent on Friday, January 10.

Investors gained N1.4 billion during the trading session after the market capitalisation of the bourse ended at N1.053 trillion compared with the previous day’s N1.052 trillion, and the NASD Unlisted Security Index (NSI) increased at the close of business by 4.07 points to wrap the session at 3,073.93 points compared with 3,069.86 points recorded at the previous session.

Geo-Fluids added 25 Kobo to its value to close at N4.85 per unit compared with the previous session’s N4.60 per unit, and Afriland Properties Plc gained 24 Kobo to close at N16.25 per share versus Thursday’s closing price of N16.01 per share.

There was a 35.4 per cent fall in the volume of securities traded in the session as investors exchanged 4.3 million units compared to 6.6 million units traded in the preceding session, the value of shares traded yesterday went down by 37.4 per cent to N17.2 million from the N27.5 million recorded a day earlier, and the number of deals decreased by 47.2 per cent to 19 deals from the 36 deals recorded in the preceding day.

FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc remained the most active stock by value (year-to-date) with 1.9 million units worth N74.2 million, followed by 11 Plc with 12,963 units valued at N3.2 million, and Industrial and General Insurance (IGI )Plc with 10.7 million units sold for N2.1 million.

IGI Plc closed the day as the most active stock by volume (year-to-date) with 10.6 million units sold for N2.1 million, trailed by FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc with 1.9 million units valued at N74.2 million, and Acorn Petroleum Plc with 1.2 million units worth N1.9 million.

Economy

Naira Depreciates to N1,543/$1 at Official Market

Published

11 hours ago

11/01/2025

Adedapo Adesanya

By Adedapo Adesanya

The Naira witnessed a depreciation on the US Dollar at the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) on Friday, January 10.

According to data from the FMDQ Exchange, the local currency weakened against the greenback yesterday by 0.12 per cent or N1.80 to sell for N1,543.03/$1 compared with the preceding day’s N1,541.23/$1.

The pressure on the domestic currency came as the access granted to the Bureaux de Change (BDC) operators by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to purchase FX from the official market through the Electronic Foreign Exchange Matching System (EFEMS) platform prepares to end next week, precisely on January 19.

The CBN had given a 42-day window to the operators to access the platform to help stabilise the Naira in December, and this expires next week.

On Friday, the Nigerian currency tumbled against the Pound Sterling in the official market by N30.78 to sell for N1,889.29/£1 compared with the previous day’s N1,858.51/£1, but gained N5.48 against the Euro to finish at N1,583.81/€1, in contrast to Thursday’s rate of N1,589.29/€1.

As for the parallel market, the Nigerian Naira remained stable against the US Dollar during the trading session at N1,650/$1, according to data obtained by Business Post.

In the cryptocurrency market, it was bearish as the US economy added 256,000 jobs last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday, topping forecasts for 160,000 and up from 212,000 in November (revised from an originally reported 227,000).

However, the readings came after a number of recent economic reports triggered a broad-market pullback across asset classes such as crypto as investors quickly scaled back the idea of a continued series of Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2025.

Cardano (ADA) fell by 3.6 per cent to trade at $0.921, Solana (SOL) slumped by 2.8 per cent to $185.93, Ethereum (ETH) depreciated by 1.4 per cent to $3,233.27, Litecoin (LTC) lost 1.3 per cent to finish at $103.62, Dogecoin (DOGE) shed 0.5 per cent to sell at $0.3315, Bitcoin (BTC), waned by 0.2 per cent to $94,154.43, and Binance Coin (BNB) went south by 0.1 per cent to $693.30.

On the flip side, Ripple (XRP) jumped by 1.5 per cent to settle at $2.34, while the US Dollar Tether (USDT) and the US Dollar Coin (USDC) sold flat at $1.00 each.

Economy

Customs Street Crumbles by 0.08% as Profit-Takers Take Charge

Published

11 hours ago

11/01/2025

Dipo Olowookere

By Dipo Olowookere

Profit-takers took control of Customs Street on Friday, plunging it by 0.08 per cent at the close of trading activities.

The sell-offs were across all the key sectors of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on last trading session of the week.

The insurance space went down by 1.53 per cent, the banking index depreciated by 0.41 per cent, the consumer goods sector weakened by 0.16 per cent, and the energy counter slumped by 0.08 per cent, while the industrial goods sector closed flat.

At the close of business, the All-Share Index (ASI) tumbled by 79.68 points to 105,451.06 points from 105,530.74 points and the market capitalisation retreated by N48 billion to N64.303 trillion from N64.351 trillion.

Yesterday, investors traded 1.5 billion shares worth N19.4 billion in 12,877 deals compared with the 489.5 million shares worth N13.1 billion transacted in 13,010 deals in the preceding day, indicating a decline in the number of deals by 1.02 deals and a rise in the trading volume and value by 203.14 per cent and 48.09 per cent, respectively.

Wema Bank was the busiest stock with 976.2 million units valued at N9.8 billion, Tantalizers traded 53.0 million units worth 129.6 million, Universal Insurance sold 34.8 million units for N26.8 million, Access Holdings exchanged 33.9 million units valued at N843.8 million, and Nigerian Breweries traded 27.3 million units worth N873.3 million.

The heaviest loss was suffered by Sunu Assurances with a decline of 9.99 per cent to trade at N7.30, Eunisell shed 9.96 per cent to N17.35, SAHCO crumbled by 9.87 per cent to N30.15, DAAR Communications plunged by 9.28 per cent to 88 Kobo, and Sovereign Trust Insurance went down by 7.04 per cent to N1.32.

On the flip side, C&I Leasing gained 10.00 per cent to close at N4.51, Honeywell Flour appreciated by 9.99 per cent to N10.02, Trans Nationwide Express jumped by 9.89 per cent to N2.00, RT Briscoe rose by 9.83 per cent to N2.57, and Secure Electronic Technology grew by 9.46 per cent to 81 Kobo.

Business Post reports that the bourse ended with 33 price gainers and 25 price losers, indicating a positive market breadth index and strong investor sentiment.