Nigerian Stock Market Index Up by 0.87% on the Last Trading Day of 2019

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Local Bourse Begins Week Higher Amid Election Atmosphere
Local Bourse Begins Week Higher Amid Election Atmosphere

The Nigeria equity market today, closed the last trading session of the year (2019) with a gain of 0.87%. Consequently, the market breadth closed positive, recording 24 gainers and 12 losers.

In summary, the All-Share Index (ASI) increased by 232.73 absolute points, representing a growth of 0.87% to close at 26,842.07points. Similarly, the overall Market Capitalization size gained N112.36 billion, representing an increase of 0.87% to close at N12.96 trillion.

SEPLAT emerged as the top gainer,  while  CUTIX emerged as top loser.

The uptrend was impacted by gains recorded in large and medium capitalized stocks, amongst which are; SEPLAT (+10.00%), ETERNA (+9.09%), OANDO (+8.42%), WEMABANK (+5.71%),  CADBURY (+2.93%),  ACCESS (+2.56%), GUARANTY (+2.41%), OKOMUOIL (+1.09%), UBA (+0.70%), UACN (+0.58%), FCMB (+0.54%), ZENITHBANK (+0.54%) and DANGCEM (+0.35%).

MARKET STATISTICS

CAPN12,958,379,438,439.41One Day (ASI CHG)+0.87%
Index26,842.07One Week (ASI CHG)+2.88%
Volume1,053,570,483One Month (ASI CHG)-0.59%
ValueN5,496,207,036.75Six Months (ASI CHG)-10.43%
Deals2,44552 Weeks (ASI CHG)-14.60%
Gainers24Losers12
Unchanged50Total86
YTD Returns-14.60%

Source: NSEGTI Research

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

The Naira at the official rate remains unchanged to close at N307.00/$1 against Monday’s position.

The Investors and Exporters (I&E) FX window opened at N363.86, traded high at N365.00 and eventually closed at N364.51representing a 0.04% appreciation as against Monday’s position. A total of $81.36 million was transacted through the I&E window today.

MONEY MARKET

Overnight(O/N) rate closed at 3.33%, representing 0.08% depreciation as against Monday’s position, while Open Buy-Back (OBB) rate closed at 2.50%,  representing 0.176% depreciation as against previous day’s position.

FIXED INCOME
SecuritiesP. CloseCloseChange
Bond641.62638.74– 2.88 bps
T.Bills513.31504.14– 9.17 bps
Note: BPS=> Basis Points

Source: FMDQGTI Research 

NASD OTC MARKET         

The NASD OTC market performance indices on Tuesday closed unchanged from yesterday’s position, as the Unlisted Securities Index (USI) and Market Capitalization Values remained at 697.54 points and N501.14 billion respectively. However, the aggregate volume and value of trades declined by 96.48% and 91.09% respectively, as investors traded only a total of 11,600 units of shares valued at N1.29 million in 2 deals.

Sector Performance

Sector%    Change
NSE301.37
BANKING1.37
CONSUMER GOODS-0.28
INDUSTRIAL2.17
INSURANCE1.96
LOTUS ISLAMIC0.21
OIL/GAS6.71

Top 7 Gainers 

CompanycloseOpenCloseChange% Change
MANSARD1.801.981.980.1810.00
VITAFOAM4.004.004.400.4010.00
SEPLAT598.00598.00657.8059.8010.00
GLAXOSMITH5.555.556.100.559.91
CORNERST0.410.410.450.049.76
WAPCO14.0014.0015.301.309.29
CILEASING5.405.405.900.509.26

Top Losers

CUTIX1.451.451.33-0.12-8.28
LASACO0.270.270.25-0.02-7.41
CHAMS0.350.350.33-0.02-5.71
AFRIPRUD4.184.184.00-0.18-4.31
COURTVILLE0.240.240.23-0.01-4.17
FBNH6.356.356.15-0.20-3.15
UNITYBNK0.660.660.64-0.02-3.03

 Top 7 Traders By Volume

CompanyVolumeValue(₦)Current Price
OMOMORBNK                          796,453,653                      438,049,5090.55
ACCESS                            47,313,001                      471,373,12710.00
UBA                            37,398,900                      267,663,1837.15
ZENITHBANK                            29,786,039                      553,953,71718.60
DANGCEM                            16,782,410                   2,381,646,537142.00
AIICO                            14,237,981                        10,295,3480.72
WAPCO                            13,002,864                      188,341,88815.30

  Top 7 Traders By Value

CompanyVolumeValue(₦)Current Price
DANGCEM                            16,782,410              2,381,646,536.70142.00
ZENITHBANK                            29,786,039                 553,953,717.4518.60
ACCESS                            47,313,001                 471,373,127.1010.00
OMOMORBNK                          796,453,653                 438,049,509.150.55
UBA                            37,398,900                 267,663,182.957.15
GUARANTY                              6,962,819                 205,979,005.3529.70
SEPLAT                                 311,014                 198,993,478.30657.80