Four stocks propelled the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange to a 0.97 per cent gain on Friday, May 23.
11 Plc, formerly known as Mobil, increased its value by N5.08 to settle at N241.33 per unit versus N236.25 per unit, FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc gained N2.43 to close at N43.93 per share compared with the previous closing value of N41.50 per share, Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc added N2.22 to end at N26.25 per unit versus N24.03 per unit, and NASD Plc jumped by 40 Kobo to close at 23.39 per share, in contrast to Thursday’s price of N22.99 per share.
At the close of transactions, the NASD Unlisted Security Index (NSI) went up by 30.52 points to 3,188.76 points from the previous session’s 3,158.24 points and the market capitalisation added N17.87 billion to close at N1.867 trillion compared with the previous day’s N1.849 trillion.
During the trading day, the volume of securities transacted slumped by 14.8 per cent to 385,519 units from the 452,466 units traded in the previous trading day, but the value of transactions rose by 892.2 per cent to N14.8 million from N1.5 million, and the number of deals completed yesterday increased by 105.9 per cent to 35 deals from the 17 deals recorded at the previous session.
Impresit Bakolori Plc remained the most active stock by volume on a year-to-date basis with 536.9 million units worth N524.7 million, followed by Geo-Fluids Plc with 267.1 million units valued at N472.3 million, and Okitipupa Plc with 153.6 million units sold for N4.9 billion.
Okitipupa Plc remained the most active stock by value on a year-to-date basis with 153.6 million valued at N4.9 billion, trailed by FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc with 22.1 million units sold for N851.5 million, and Impresit Bakolori Plc with 536.9 million units worth N524.7 million.