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NGX records marginal gains,  ASI up 1bp

by Business News Report

Today, the local bourse gained marginally as buying interest in FBNH (+5.0%), ZENITH (+0.3%), and FIDELITY (+2.1%) pushed the benchmark index higher by 1bp to 49,445.31 points. Accordingly, YTD return improved to 15.8% (previously: 15.7%) while market capitalisation expanded ₦3.2bn to ₦26.7tn. In the same vein, activity level improved as volume and value traded rose 119.1% and 61.7% respectively to 147.6m units and ₦2.4bn.

Across sectors within our purview, performance was bearish as 4 indices lost, while 2 gained. The Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods indices fell 230bps and 5bps respectively, due to price decline in TOTAL (-10.0%), ARDORVA (-4.5%) and HONYFLOUR (-8.1%). Similarly, the AFR-ICT and Industrial Goods indices dipped 2bps and 1bp respectively following sell-offs in MTNN (-0.1%) and CUTIX (-7.0%). On the flip side, buy interest on FBNH (+5.0%), ZENITH (+0.3%), and LINKASSURE (+4.4%) drove the Banking and Insurance indices higher by 0.2% apiece.

Investor sentiment, as measured by market breadth, weakened to -0.04x (previously 0.00x) as 11 stocks gained, 14 lost while 72 closed flat. In tomorrow’s session, we expect profit-taking activities to weigh on market performance.

Market Cap (₦’bn)                 26,670.38 

Market Cap ($’bn)                              61.20

NGX All-Share Index                   49,445.31

Daily Performance %                            0.00

WTD Performance %                            -0.10

MTD Performance %                            -0.80

 QTD Performance %                           -4.60

YTD Performance %                             15.80

Daily Volume                                       147.60

Daily Value (₦’bn) 2.4 

Daily Value ($’m)                                      5.50

Sectoral Indices Performance

NGX 30                                                     0.00

NGX BANKING INDEX                          0.20

NGX INSURANCE INDEX                      0.20

NGX CONSUMER GOODS INDEX        0.00

   NGX OIL/GAS                                      -2.30

NGX LII                                                     0.00

 NGX INDUSTRIAL GOODS INDEX     0.00

 NGX-AseM 0.0%

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