FrieslandCampino Wamco Nigeria Plc lifted the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange higher by 0.43 per cent on Thursday, May 29.
During the trading session, the value of the milk producer increased by N4.51 to close at N55.17 per share compared with the previous closing value of N50.66 per share.
As a result, the market capitalisation of the NASD OTC Exchange added N8.11 billion to close at N1.899 trillion compared with Wednesday’s value of N1.891 trillion and the NASD Unlisted Security Index (NSI) rose by 13.84 points to 3,244.71 points from the previous session’s 3,230.87 points.
At Thursday’s trading session, Geo-Fluids Plc lost 12 Kobo to finish at N2.40 per unit versus midweek’s N2.52 per unit and First Trust Mortgage Bank Plc declined by 4 Kobo to quote at 59 Kobo per share, in contrast to the preceding day’s 63 Kobo per share.
The value of trades yesterday was down by 99.8 per cent to N9.05 million from N4.5 billion, the volume of transactions shrank by 99.8 per cent to 1.17 million units from the 533.5 million units recorded a day earlier, and the number of deals dropped by 16.2 per cent to 19 deals from 49 deals.
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 Air Liquide Plc with 507.1 million traded for N4.2 billion, and Geo-Fluids Plc with 268.2 million units valued at N474.9 million.
Okitipupa Plc remained the most traded stock by value on a year-to-date basis with 153.6 million valued at N4.9 billion, trailed by Air Liquide Plc with 507.1 million worth N4.2 billion and FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc with the sale of 37.9 million units for N1.5 billion.