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Nigerian Stock Market Kicks Off The New Year On a Positive Note As Investors Takes Home N187 Billion

Published

4 weeks ago

January 4, 2023

Investors pocketed N187 billion on the very first day of trading on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) as investors confidence returned at a gallop.

Market capitalisation rose to N28.102trillion while the NGX All-Share Index increased by 1.89% from 51,251.06 index points it closed in December 29, 2022 to settle at 51,596.66 index points on Tuesday.

In the first day of trading, investors traded 321.6 million shares valued at N4.3 billion in 4,122 transactions.

Further breakdown showed that BUA Foods led gainers with 10% to close at N71.50 while John Holt followed with 9.59% to settle at 80 kobo a unit. Prestige, Nahco and UBA expanded by 9.59%, 9.37% and 9.21% to N0.46, N7 and N8.30, respectively.

On the other hand, Chellaram led losers with 9.8% to close at N2.02%. CWG followed with 8.91% to settle at N0.92%. FCMB, Honeyflour and Japaul Gold declined by 3.57% to N0.27 a share.

In terms of volume of trade, FBNH led with 15.116 million shares. GTCO came second with 13.756 million and AIICO trailed them with 12.241 million.

The three top trade by value were Nestle, GTCO and Dangote Cement with N515.997 million, N318.207 million and N198.264 million.

A research conducted by Investors King revealed that NGX All-Share Index grew from 42,716.44 index points to 51,251.06 in 2022, representing an increase of 19.98%.

The market capitalisation of all listed equities also expanded to N27.397.06 trillion, an increase of 25.20% when compared to N22.296.84 trillion it closed in 2021.

The oil and gas sector led gainers with 34.05% annual gain. The Industrial sector followed with 19.67%. The Consmer goods sector was the only loser in 2021. Closing at -0.06%.

According to the Vice president, Highcap Securities Limited, Mr, David Adonri , “the stock market appreciated at the beginning of the H1 2022 due to the impressive 2021 full year and Q1 2022 results released by listed companies.

“The rising crude oil price also enhanced the performance of stocks. However, the market slowed down in June due to unfavorable domestic factors which the rising crude oil market could not offset.

“These were the rising inflation rate, hike in the interest rate and excruciating energy crisis. As the political risk associated with the 2023 general election heightens and the possibility of a further hike in interest rate looms, economic fundamentals may not be strong enough to engender further market growth.”

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Stock Market Extends Decline as Selloff Continues Following Interest Rate Hike

investors exchanged 119.8 million shares worth N2.689 billion in 3,552 transactions during the trading hours of Wednesday, against 182.3 million shares worth N4.82 billion that were transacted in 3,470 deals on Tuesday.

Published

6 days ago

January 26, 2023

Samed Olukoya

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The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) sheds another N32 billion on Wednesday after posting a N25 billion decline on Tuesday immediately after the Central Bank of Nigeria-led monetary policy committee hiked interest rate by 100 basis points from 16.5% to 17.5%.

Activity level dipped as investors exchanged 119.8 million shares worth N2.689 billion in 3,552 transactions during the trading hours of Wednesday, against 182.3 million shares worth N4.82 billion that were transacted in 3,470 deals on Tuesday.

Sectorial analysis shows the banking sector lost 34 basis points (bps) on a 2.41% decline in the value of UBA and a 0.55% dip in Accessco. Wema bank and Fidelity bank posted 1.52% and 0.60% gains, respectively.

The consumer goods sector appreciated by 34bps as the value of Unilever Nigeria jumped 7% following healthy financial results that show the company grew profit after tax by 110% to almost N1 billion in 2022. Intbrew recorded 5.38% while Honey Flour and Cadbury lost 5.15% and 2.07%, respectively.

The oil and gas sector closed flat, the same as the industrial sector.

The NGX All-Share Index depreciated by 0.02% from 52,612.55 index points closed on Tuesday to settle at 52,599.65 index points.

The market value of listed equities stood at N28.649 trillion, a N32 billion decline from N28.681 trillion it closed on Tuesday. The year-to-date return moderated to 2.63%. See top gainers and losers below.

Top Fiver Gainers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
RTBRISCOE	N 0.30	N 0.33	0.03	10.00 %
TRIPPLEG	N 0.80	N 0.88	0.08	10.00 %
CHELLARAM	N 1.50	N 1.65	0.15	10.00 %
OKOMUOIL	N 165.00	N 181.10	16.10	9.76 %
CAVERTON	N 0.95	N 1.03	0.08	8.42 %

Top Five Losers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
THOMASWY	N 1.45	N 1.31	-0.14	-9.66 %
CORNERST	N 0.58	N 0.54	-0.04	-6.90 %
GEREGU	N 142.40	N 134.00	-8.40	-5.90 %
HONYFLOUR	N 2.33	N 2.21	-0.12	-5.15 %
CWG	N 0.94	N 0.90	-0.04	-4.26 %

Top Five Trades

Symbols	Volume	Value
MBENEFIT	11258018.00	3865258.67
TRANSCORP	8751948.00	10605868.57
GEREGU	8536440.00	1143976583.90
FBNH	7690248.00	89815522.50
GTCO	6712639.00	161997631.90

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Unilever Nigeria Grows Profit by 310% in Q4, 2022 as Cost of Sales Moderated Significantly

Revenue grew by 14.88% to N23.952 billion from N20.850 billion recorded in Q4 2021

Published

1 week ago

January 24, 2023

Samed Olukoya

Unilever Nigeria, a leading nutrition, hygiene and personal care company, reported stronger-than-expected fourth quarter (Q4) financial results for 2022 as the company made a series of adjustments to key areas.

Revenue grew by 14.88% to N23.952 billion from N20.850 billion recorded in Q4 2021. Cost of sales moderated by 30.51% to N9.652 billion, down from N13.890 billion spent on sales in Q4 2021.

Similarly, gross profit increased by 105.47% from N6.959 billion reported in Q4 2021 to N14.301 billion in the quarter under review.

Impairment loss on trade and intercompany receivables also declined to N3.596 million, a 97.69% decrease when compared to N156.264 million achieved in Q4 2021.

The company disclosed this in its unaudited financial statement released on Tuesday and obtained by Investors King.

Operating profit stood at N8.034 billion in the quarter, up from N2.319 billion posted in the same quarter of 2021.

Profit after tax for the quarter grew by 310% from N1.546 billion to N6.341 billion.

However, a critical analysis of the entire 2022 financial statement shows that despite the strong Q4 result, weak Q1, Q2 and not-so-good Q3 dragged on the company’s overall performance in the year.

Cost of sales rose by 14.12% to N57.238 billion from N50.162 billion in 2021, against the decline recorded in the fourth quarter.

Marketing and administrative expenses grew to N18.282 billion, an increase of 20.90% from N15.121 billion in 2021.

Profit after tax increased by 75.77% to N5.993 billion from N3.409 billion.

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MTN to Allot Incentive Shares to Qualified Shareholders

Published

1 week ago

January 23, 2023

Samed Olukoya

MTN Nigeria has announced the execution of its incentive shares to qualified shareholders following its January 2022 sales.

In January 2022, MTN Nigeria sold 575 million ordinary shares held by MTN International (Mauritius) Limited to Nigerians with one ordinary share for every twenty ordinary shares purchased term. However, due to the surge in demand, the telecommunications company ended up allotting 661.3 million shares to investors.

In a statement signed by Uto Ukpanah, the Company Secretary, MTN Nigeria Communications, the incentive was capped at 250 ordinary shares.

He noted that eligible shareholders must hold a portion or all of the shares allotted to them from the offer as of 31 January, 2023 (the qualification date) subject to holding a minimum of 20 ordinary shares.

According to him, shareholders must have their names appear in the company’s register of members on the qualification date.

“Qualified shareholders will have their incentive shares credited to their CSCS accounts after the qualification date and obtaining the requisite regulatory approvals,” the document sighted on NGX said.

The offer saw 114,938 new CSCS accounts opened for representing new market participants, with roughly 76 per cent of successful applicants via digital platforms being women and 85 per cent below the age of 40.