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

CAP N15,261,592,673,395.18 One Day (ASI CHG) +0.13%
Index 29,628.84 One Week (ASI CHG) +0.03%
Volume 184,558,182 One Month (ASI CHG) +13.56%
Value N3,514,080,340.93 Six Months (ASI CHG) +5.48%
Deals 3,852 52 Weeks (ASI CHG) -4.39%
Gainers 16 Losers 20
Unchanged 61 Total 97
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
Securities P. Close Close Change
Bond 550.23 545.45 -4.78 bps
T.Bills 437.08 437.08 -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
NSE30 0.04
BANKING -0.37
CONSUMER GOODS -0.92
INDUSTRIAL 1.17
INSURANCE 2.16
LOTUS ISLAMIC 0.01
OIL/GAS 0.00

 

Top 7 Gainers

Company Pclose Open Close Change % Change
NEM 2.00 2.00 2.20 0.20 10.00
BETAGLAS 63.90 63.90 70.00 6.10 9.55
HONYFLOUR 1.08 1.08 1.18 0.10 9.26
LINKASSURE 0.44 0.44 0.48 0.04 9.09
JBERGER 20.00 20.00 21.50 1.50 7.50
WAPIC 0.35 0.35 0.37 0.02 5.71
LAWUNION 0.66 0.66 0.69 0.03 4.55

 

Top 7 Losers

Company Pclose Open Close Change % Change
UNILEVER 19.45 17.80 17.55 -1.90 -9.77
NCR 3.65 3.65 3.31 -0.34 -9.32
ABCTRANS 0.45 0.45 0.41 -0.04 -8.89
UNITYBNK 0.69 0.69 0.63 -0.06 -8.70
NEIMETH 0.51 0.51 0.47 -0.04 -7.84
NPFMCRFBK 1.20 1.20 1.13 -0.07 -5.83
DANGSUGAR 14.65 14.65 13.90 -0.75 -5.12

 

Top 7 Traders By Volume

Company Volume Value(₦) Current Price
GUARANTY                            34,309,716                   1,101,607,193 32.10
NAHCO                            15,930,810                        38,336,500 2.45
TRANSCORP                            15,054,076                        15,562,796 1.07
CHAMS                            11,453,329                          3,869,571 0.34
ZENITHBANK                            11,036,167                      242,243,262 21.95
UBA                              8,490,680                        72,492,042 8.55
ETI                              7,327,325                        56,040,074 7.65

 

Top 7 Traders By Value

Company Volume Value(₦) Current Price
GUARANTY                            34,309,716              1,101,607,193.00 32.10
SEPLAT                              1,073,382                 649,535,853.50 605.00
DANGCEM                              2,461,288                 436,521,214.20 179.90
NESTLE                                 219,746                 296,530,282.10 1380.00
ZENITHBANK                            11,036,167                 242,243,261.90 21.95
MTNN                              1,467,790                 184,218,625.50 125.00
WAPCO                              5,525,033                   96,764,483.40 17.50