Nigerian Stock Exchange

Nigerian Stock Exchange Depreciates Further Last Week

Published

6 months ago

March 22, 2021

Nigerian Exchange Limited - Investors King

Stocks continue to decline across the board in Africa’s largest economy last week as investors’ cashout grows with rising yield.

Investors traded a total turnover of 2.342 billion shares valued at N19.272 billion in 20,173 deals during the week, against a total of 1.675 billion shares worth N23.541 billion that exchanged hands in the previous week in 21,732 transactions.

The financial services industry led in terms of volume traded with 1.888 billion shares valued at N12.446 billion and exchanged in 12,019 deals, therefore, the sector contributed 80.60 percent and 64.58 percent to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively.

This was followed by the natural resources industry with 201.260 million shares worth N41.295 million traded in 27 deals.

In third place was conglomerates goods industry with a turnover of 62.053 million shares worth N65.672 million in 612 deals.

The three most traded stocks were Unity Bank Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc and Multiverse Mining and Exploration Plc, together the three accounted for 1.471 billion shares worth N7.114 billion in 2,317 deals, therefore, contributed 62.82 percent and 36.91 percent to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively.

Market value of all listed stocks declined by 0.69 percent or N139 billion to close at N20.082 trillion, down from the N20.221 trillion record in the previous week.

Similarly, the NSE All-Share Index declined by 0.69 percent or -266.09 basis points from 38,648.48 basis points posted in the previous week to 38,382.39 basis points last week.

Year to date, the bourse declined by 4.69 percent with 3.56 percent of that decline happening in March alone.

Eternal Plc led the gainers with 20.78 percent, this was followed by SFS Real Estate Investment Trust with 9.94 percent. See the details below.

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CEO/Founder Investors King Ltd, a foreign exchange research analyst, contributing author on New York-based Talk Markets and Investing.com, with over a decade experience in the global financial markets.

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Nigerian Stock Exchange

Stock Investors Lose Another N11 Billion on Wednesday

Published

16 hours ago

September 23, 2021

Samed Olukoya

The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) extended decline on Wednesday as sentiment remained weak across the Exchange.

Investors exchanged 155,773,059 shares valued at N1.510 billion in 3,256 transactions during the trading hours of Wednesday, in contrast to 184,442,908 shares worth N2.343 billion that exchanged hands in 3,809 transactions on Tuesday.

Market value depreciated by N11 billion to N20.243 trillion on Wednesday, further down from N20.254 trillion it closed on Tuesday. While NGX All-Share Index dipped by 0.05 percent to 38,852.69 index points.

Transcorp Hotel Plc led gainers with N0.45 or 10 percent. Followed by Pharm-Deko Plc’s N0.16 or 9.88 percent gain. See the details below.

Top Gainers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
TRANSCOHOT	N 4.50	N 4.95	0.45	10.00 %
PHARMDEKO	N 1.62	N 1.78	0.16	9.88 %
CONOIL	N 22.35	N 24.55	2.20	9.84 %
CORNERST	N 0.49	N 0.53	0.04	8.16 %
NEM	N 1.90	N 2.00	0.10	5.26 %

Top Losers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
VERITASKAP	N 0.23	N 0.21	-0.02	-8.70 %
UCAP	N 9.00	N 8.55	-0.45	-5.00 %
CHAMS	N 0.22	N 0.21	-0.01	-4.55 %
ACCESS	N 8.90	N 8.60	-0.30	-3.37 %
JAPAULGOLD	N 0.47	N 0.46	-0.01	-2.13 %

Top Trades

Symbols	Volume	Value
UNIVINSURE	19040500.00	3808100.00
UBA	18778552.00	143097682.80
ZENITHBANK	11757422.00	268830997.45
GTCO	10015581.00	271262745.25
UCAP	8519588.00	74569386.55

Nigerian Stock Exchange

Stock Market Extends Decline Amid Profit-taking

Published

2 days ago

September 22, 2021

Samed Olukoya

The Nigerian stock market extended declines on Tuesday as selloff in the banking sector plunged investors’ wealth by N17 billion.

The Nigerian Exchange Limited All-Share Index depreciated by 0.08 percent to 38,873.85 index points, down from 38,906.42 index points recorded on Monday. While market value of listed equities dipped by N17 billion from N20.271 trillion on Monday to N20.254 trillion on Tuesday.

Investors traded 184,442,908 shares valued at N2.343 billion in 3,809 transactions during the trading hours of Tuesday, against 190,959,987 shares worth N2.353 billion in 3,462 transactions that exchanged hands on Monday.

In terms of volume traded, United Bank for Africa Plc led with 38994303.00 shares worth N297,640,689.80. GTCO followed with 19036730.00 shares valued at N517,862,116.20. See the details below.

Top Gainers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
MRS	N 13.85	N 15.20	1.35	9.75 %
VERITASKAP	N 0.21	N 0.23	0.02	9.52 %
REGALINS	N 0.44	N 0.47	0.03	6.82 %
UNITYBNK	N 0.53	N 0.55	0.02	3.77 %
COURTVILLE	N 0.31	N 0.32	0.01	3.23 %

Top Losers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
NEIMETH	N 1.90	N 1.75	-0.15	-7.89 %
CHAMS	N 0.23	N 0.22	-0.01	-4.35 %
JAPAULGOLD	N 0.49	N 0.47	-0.02	-4.08 %
SOVRENINS	N 0.25	N 0.24	-0.01	-4.00 %
WEMABANK	N 0.79	N 0.76	-0.03	-3.80 %

Top Trades

Symbols	Volume	Value
UBA	38994303.00	297640689.80
GTCO	19036730.00	517862116.20
ZENITHBANK	14199218.00	326522432.45
UCAP	12887768.00	114176622.20
ACCESS	10083060.00	90170729.90

Nigerian Stock Exchange

NGX to Host Inaugural TechNovation Conference

Published

2 days ago

September 22, 2021

Temitayo Sikiru

Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited is set to host the inaugural edition of its TechNovation Conference on Thursday, 30 September 2021.

NGX TechNovation Conference is a flagship event that provides a platform for local and global technology leaders to syndicate conversations around technology, partnerships and innovation that can advance technology adoption in the Nigerian capital market.

With the theme, “Technology, Platforms and Markets”, the event will be hosted by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited, Mr. Temi Popoola, CFA and will feature leading industry experts across the public and private sectors including the Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Lamido Yuguda; Dr. Segun Aina, President, Africa Fintech Network; and Olugbenga Agboola, Co-Founder and CEO, Flutterwave.

Key topics to be addressed during the conference are: The Future is Digital – Digital Transformation, New Tech and Emerging Markets; The Path to Exponential Growth – New Technology, Platforms, Emerging Markets, Data & Regulation; and Beyond Tech – Partnerships, Business Models and Innovation. Interested participants can register online.

Some of the other confirmed speakers at the event include; Iyin Aboyeji, Founder & General Partner, Future Africa; Bayo Adekanbi, Chief Transformation Officer, Data Science Nigeria; Dayo Obisan, Government Relations, SEC; Abasi Ene-Obong, CEO, 54Gene; Oremeyi Akah, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Interswitch; Ini Akpan, Country Manager, Opay; and Andreas Itern, Co-Founder & CEO, F10.

The advancement and exponential growth of technology around the world have signaled a new wave of opportunities for forward-thinking organizations. NGX remains committed to leveraging technology to provide a broad range of services including but not limited to smart capital formation. TechNovation will, therefore, serve as a platform that can create opportunities for smart business leaders looking to tap into the next level of growth and competitive advantage.