Stock Market Sustains Gain as Investors Pocketed N1.668 Billion Last Week

The Nigerian stock market extended gains last week after posting a N292 billion gain in the previous week as more investors jumped on oversold stocks with strong fundamentals.

During the week, activity rose with a total of 711.618 million shares worth N15.338 billion traded in 16,662 deals, against a total of 694.376 million shares valued at N8.667 billion that exchanged hands in 15,418 deals in the previous.

The financial services industry led the activity chart with 461.230 million shares valued at N3.697 billion traded in 7,653 deals. Therefore, contributed 64.81% and 24.10% to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively.

The Conglomerates Industry followed with 99.881 million shares worth N139.213 million in 582 deals. In third
place was the ICT Industry, with a turnover of 37.953 million shares worth N7.577 billion in 1,050 deals.

Transnational Corporation Plc, AIICO Insurance Plc and Zenith Bank Plc were the three most traded equities during the week. The three accounted for 194.600 million shares worth N1.191 billion in 1,974 deals and contributed 27.35% and 7.76% to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively.

The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) All-Share Index appreciated by 6.88% or 3,061.61 index points to close at 47,554.34 index points last week, up from 44,492.73 index points recorded in the previous week.

Market value of all listed equities improved by N1.668 billion from N24.234 trillion posted in the previous week to N25.902 trillion last week.

Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Oil & Gas and NGX Sovereign Bond, which depreciated by 1.29% and 0.32% respectively, while the NGX ASeM and NGX Growth indices closed flat.

Forty-nine equities appreciated in price during the week, higher than thirty-one equities in the previous week. Nineteen equities depreciated in price lower than thirty-three in the previous week, while eighty-nine equities remained unchanged, lower than ninety-three equities recorded in the previous week.

The Exchange year-to-date return jumped by 172.36% from the 4.16% it closed in the previous week to 11.33% last week, Investors King research has shown. See the details of the top gainers and losers below.