Nigerian Stocks reports marginal loss, Unity Bank and Wapic Plc emerge as major losers

By On Jun 24, 2023

The Nigerian Exchange ended the trading session with a negative close as the All-Share Index depreciated by -0.01%.
The market capitalization of equities saw a marginal loss of N4 billion, resulting in a -0.01% loss from the previous trading session.
Unity Bank Plc (-9.84%) led the losers while LivingTrust Plc was the most traded equity in terms of volume.

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed negative at the end of today’s trading session.

The All-Share Index (ASI) traded -0.01% lower to close at 59,206.63 index points as against 59,211.26 index points recorded in the previous day’s trading session.

The market capitalization of equities saw a marginal loss of N4 billion to close at N32.237 trillion, -0.01% lower than the N32.241 trillion recorded in the previous trading session.

Market breadth closed negative as RTBRISCOE (10.00%) led gainers, Unity Bank (-9.84%) led losers while LivingTrust Plc was the most traded equity – by volume – at the end of today’s session.

Trading volume increased by 1.94% from the previous day session as 627.87 million units of shares were traded today.

Market Indices

Below are the market indices for today’s trading session:

NGX ASI: 59,206.63 points
Previous ASI: 59,211.26 points
% Day Change: -0.01%
% YTD: +15.53%
Market Cap: N32.237 trillion
Volume Traded: 627.87 million
Value: N9.15 billion
Deals: 6,953

NGX TOP GAINERS

RTBRISCOE gained 10.00% to close at N0.44 per share
TRANSCOHOT gained 10.00% to close at N17.60 per share
FIDSON gained 10.00% to close at N12.87 per share
NASCON gained 10.00% to close at N18.70 per share
CORNERST gained 9.91% to close at N1.22 per share

NGX TOP LOSERS

UNITYBNK was down by -9.84% to close at N1.10 per share
WAPIC was down by -9.57% to close at N0.85 per share
MCNICHOLS was down by -9.46% to close at N0.67 per share
ETI was down by -9.09% to close at N14.00 per share
NEM was down by -9.09% to close at N6.30 per share

TOP 3 BY VOLUME

LIVINGTRUST 113,004,171
UBA 62,685,403
GTCO 49,510,148

TOP 3 BY VALUE

GTCO N1,547,890,747
ZENITHBANK N1,159,723,529
UBA N714,370,329