In the Nigerian equities market,
the All-Share index dipped by 3bps to close at 51,390.25 points today.
Consequently the Year-to-date (YTD) return of the market weakened to 20.3% from
20.7% at market close on Friday.
Market activities turned positive
as the total volume traded grew +72.7% to 198.81mn units and value traded grew
+22.6% to ₦2.18bn. GTCO, JAPAULGOLD and UBA led the volume chart with 51.89mn
units, 21.91mn units and 19.65mn units respectively. The top traded stocks by
value were GTCO (₦1.06bn), UBA (₦147.68mn) and PRESCO (₦107.67mn).
For the sectors under our
coverage, there was mixed performance as three indices closed in red, while two
other indices closed in green. The
Insurance index fell 300 bps, Oil and Gas index fell 4bps, and Industrial Goods
150bps. The Banking index gained 5bps, followed by the Consumer Goods index
which gained 3bps.
Furthermore, for companies
trading below and above 52-week high, 90 companies traded below their 52-week
high while 18 companies traded at per with their 52-week high, and 1 company
traded above 52-week high.
Daily Currency Update
On daily currency updates, I&E and the
parallel market's prices closed at ₦427.75/US$1.00 and ₦610/US$1.00
respectively. The current P2P Forex market price is ₦619.99/US$1.00. Nigeria's
external reserves improved 0.02% to US$39.34billion
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