Three stocks weakened the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange by 1.09 per cent on Friday, August 29, with one of the bellwethers, Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS), leading the losers’ chart after it shed N5.00 to close at N45.00 per share compared with the previous day’s N50.00 per share.
Further, First Trust Mortgage Bank Plc dipped 3 Kobo to close at 60 Kobo per unit versus 63 Kobo per unit and Geo-Fluids Plc dropped 1 Kobo to settle at N4.94 share, in contrast to the preceding day’s N4.95 per share.
As a result, the market capitalisation of the trading platform went down by N23.82 billion to N2.165 trillion from N2.189 trillion and the NASD Unlisted Security Index (NSI) declined by 39.81 points to finish at 3,619.89 points, in contrast to the 3,659.70 points it ended a day earlier.
During the trading session, there was a gainer and it was NASD Plc, which appreciated by N2.79 to close at N30.68 per unit compared with the previous day’s price of N27.89 per unit.
Yesterday, there was significant increase of 1,482.0 per cent in the volume of securities traded by the market participants to 8.5 million units from the previous session’s 535,298 units, there was a rise of 11.4 per cent in the value of securities to N10.4 million from N9.3 million, and there was an 8.8 per cent growth in the number of deals to 37 deals from 34 deals.
At the close of trades, Okitipupa Plc was the most traded stock by value on a year-to-date basis with 158.7 million units worth N5.9 billion, followed by Air Liquide Plc with 507.3 million units worth N4.2 billion, and FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc with 44.4 million units transacted for N1.9 billion.
Also, Industrial and General Insurance (IGI) Plc was the most traded stock by volume on a year-to-date basis with 1.2 billion units sold for N413.6 million, trailed by Impresit Bakolori Plc with 536.9 million units worth N524.8 million, and Air Liquide Plc with 507.3 million units traded for N4.2 billion.