Dangote Cement and 15 others drives equity market higher as NSE-ASI gain 0.13%

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Cement trucks, operated by Dangote Cement Plc, deliver supplies to the construction site for the Eko Atlantic city project, developed by Eko Atlantic, near Victoria island in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Eko Atlantic city is an area of land reclaimed from the Atlantic ocean being developed into 10 million square meters of real estate. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg

The Nigerian bourse on Friday ended the trading week on a positive note, extending the previous day’s positive sentiment. The growth was impacted by gains majorly in the Insurance and Industrial goods sectors. However, the market breadth closed negatively, recording 16 gainers against 20 losers.

In summary, the All-Share Index (ASI) increased by 37.55 absolute points, representing a growth of 0.13% to close at 29,628.84 points, Similarly, the overall Market Capitalization size increased by N19.34 billion, representing a growth of 0.13% to close at N15.26 trillion.

NEM emerged as the top gainer while  UNILEVER emerged as top loser.

The uptrend was impacted by gains recorded in large and medium capitalized stocks, amongst which are; HONYFLOUR (+9.26%), JBERGER (+7.50%), CHAMS (+3.03%), DANGCEM (+2.86%), WAPCO (+1.74%), SEPLAT (+0.83%) and ETI (+0.66%).

MARKET STATISTICS

CAPN15,261,592,673,395.18One Day (ASI CHG)+0.13%
Index29,628.84One Week (ASI CHG)+0.03%
Volume184,558,182One Month (ASI CHG)+13.56%
ValueN3,514,080,340.93Six Months (ASI CHG)+5.48%
Deals3,85252 Weeks (ASI CHG)-4.39%
Gainers16Losers20
Unchanged61Total97
YTD Returns+10.38%

Source: NSEGTI Research

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

The Naira at the official window on Friday closed unchanged at 306.95/$1, against yesterday’s position.

The Investors and Exporters (I&E) FX window opened at N362.03, traded high at N363.50 and eventually closed at N362.75representing a 0.07% depreciation as against yesterday’s closing position. A total of $112.48 million was transacted through the I&E window today.

MONEY MARKET

Overnight(O/N) rate closed at 4.33%, representing 0.76% appreciation against yesterday’s closing position, while Open Buy-Back (OBB) rate closed at 3.67%, representing 0.74% appreciation against yesterday’s position.

FIXED INCOME
SecuritiesP. CloseCloseChange
Bond550.23545.45-4.78 bps
T.Bills437.08437.08-26.62 bps
Note: BPS=> Basis Points

Source: FMDQGTI Research 

NASD OTC MARKET

The NASD OTC market on Friday closed unchanged as the Unlisted Securities Index (USI)  close at 706.52. Similarly, Market Capitalization closed unchanged at N507.59 billion as against yesterday’s position. Consequently, the aggregate volume and value increased by 339.11% and 439.26% respectively, as investors traded a total of 469,014 volume of shares valued at N6.55 million in 5 deals.

NASD Daily Price List

Sector Performance

Sector%    Change
NSE300.04
BANKING-0.37
CONSUMER GOODS-0.92
INDUSTRIAL1.17
INSURANCE2.16
LOTUS ISLAMIC0.01
OIL/GAS0.00

 

Top 7 Gainers

CompanyPcloseOpenCloseChange% Change
NEM2.002.002.200.2010.00
BETAGLAS63.9063.9070.006.109.55
HONYFLOUR1.081.081.180.109.26
LINKASSURE0.440.440.480.049.09
JBERGER20.0020.0021.501.507.50
WAPIC0.350.350.370.025.71
LAWUNION0.660.660.690.034.55

 

Top 7 Losers

CompanyPcloseOpenCloseChange% Change
UNILEVER19.4517.8017.55-1.90-9.77
NCR3.653.653.31-0.34-9.32
ABCTRANS0.450.450.41-0.04-8.89
UNITYBNK0.690.690.63-0.06-8.70
NEIMETH0.510.510.47-0.04-7.84
NPFMCRFBK1.201.201.13-0.07-5.83
DANGSUGAR14.6514.6513.90-0.75-5.12

 

Top 7 Traders By Volume

CompanyVolumeValue(₦)Current Price
GUARANTY                           34,309,716                  1,101,607,19332.10
NAHCO                           15,930,810                       38,336,5002.45
TRANSCORP                           15,054,076                       15,562,7961.07
CHAMS                           11,453,329                         3,869,5710.34
ZENITHBANK                           11,036,167                     242,243,26221.95
UBA                             8,490,680                       72,492,0428.55
ETI                             7,327,325                       56,040,0747.65

 

Top 7 Traders By Value

CompanyVolumeValue(₦)Current Price
GUARANTY                           34,309,716             1,101,607,193.0032.10
SEPLAT                             1,073,382                649,535,853.50605.00
DANGCEM                             2,461,288                436,521,214.20179.90
NESTLE                                219,746                296,530,282.101380.00
ZENITHBANK                           11,036,167                242,243,261.9021.95
MTNN                             1,467,790                184,218,625.50125.00
WAPCO                             5,525,033                  96,764,483.4017.50