Nigerian Bourse Rebounds +0.02% on Gains Across Sectors

L – R shows Mr. Temi Popoola, Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Limited; Alhaji Aliko Dangote, GCON, Chairman, Dangote Group; Mrs. Elelu Angela Adebayo, Non-Executive Director, Nigerian Exchange Limited and Dr. Faruk Umar, Non-Executive Director, Nigerian Exchange Limited during the commissioning of Dangote Fertilizer Plant on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in Lagos. Image Credit: NGX

March 23, 2022/InvestmentOne Report

The Nigerian equities market closed up by 0.02% as NGX-ASI closed at 47,163.94pts.

In today’s trade, market breadth index was neutral with 16 gainers against 16 losers 

CAP (+10.00%) was the top gainer, while FCMB (-8.72%) led the losers today.

FIDELITY (+1.89%) was the most actively traded stock with about 68million units of shares worth about N219million. 

Sector Performances 

·         NGX Banking Index: Rose by 0.25%, due to the gains seen in STERLNBNK (+3.95%), FIDELITY (+1.89%), ACCESS (+1.02%), and UBA (+0.66%).

·         NGX Oil and Gas Index: Accelerated by 0.11% on the back of buy interest recorded in CONOIL (+2.92%).

·         NGX Industrial Index: Increased by 0.08%, on the back of the gains witnessed in CAP(+10.00%) and WAPCO (+0.85%).

·         NGX Consumer Goods Index: Closed Flat.

Performance of key stocks

S/N

Stock

Current Price (N)

1-day change (%)

Week to date change (%)

Year to date change (%)

1

ACCESS

9.95

1.02%

1.53%

6.99%

2

FBNH

12.00

0.00%

0.84%

5.26%

3

FIDELITYBK

3.24

1.89%

8.00%

27.06%

4

GTCO

26.00

0.00%

-0.76%

0.00%

5

UBA

7.65

0.66%

-11.56%

-4.97%

6

ZENITHBANK

26.90

-0.19%

0.94%

6.96%

7

AIRTELAFRI

1260.00

0.00%

0.00%

31.94%

8

BUACEMENT

70.75

0.00%

0.00%

5.52%

9

DANGCEM

273.50

0.00%

0.00%

6.42%

10

MTNN

205.50

0.00%

0.00%

4.31%

11

OKOMUOIL

143.50

0.00%

0.00%

1.06%

12

SEPLAT

930.00

0.00%

0.00%

43.08%

The equities market closed in green territory due to the gains recorded across major sectors. Going forward, we expect investor’s sentiments to be swayed by the search for real positive returns and developments in the interest rate space. We reiterate that this may be a great period to pick up some quality names with a medium to long-term investment horizon.

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