The NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange rose further by 2.8 per cent in the 23rd trading week of 2025 as the market capitalisation added N93.17 billion to close at N1.995 trillion compared with N1.901 trillion posted in Week 22.
In the same vein, the NASD Unlisted Security Index (NSI) increased on a week-on-week basis by 90.81 points to settle at 3,338.81 points compared to the preceding week’s 3,248.00 points.
The trading data showed that there was a slide in the total value of trades in the week by 98.3 per cent to N88.2 million from the N5.1 billion recorded a week earlier, and the volume of transactions went down by 99.5 per cent to 2.64 million units from 555.1 million units in the previous week.
The most active stock by value in the week was FrieslandCampina Wamco Plc with N62.3 million, Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc recorded N11.7 million, Okitipupa Plc posted N8.3 million, Nipco Plc traded N2.4 million, and 11 Plc achieved N1.8 million.
Also, FrieslandCampina Wamco Plc was the most traded stock by volume last week with 0.89 million units, First Trust Mortgage Bank Plc transacted 0.86 million units, CSCS Plc recorded 0.44 million units, UBN Property Plc closed with 0.30 million units, and Nipco Plc exchanged 0.07 million units.
On the price movers’ list, there were six gainers against two price losers.
The advancers were led by FrieslandCampina Wamco Plc after it gained 44.0 per cent to end at N79.45 per unit versus N55.17 per unit, Air Liquide Plc added 10.1 per cent to close at N9.08 per share compared with the previous week’s N8.25 per share, and Nipco Plc rose by 9.9per cent to N219.77 per unit from N199.80 per unit.
Further, Geo-Fluids Plc increased by 9.8 per cent to N2.90 per share from N2.64 per share, Okitipupa Plc expanded by 0.8 per cent to N242.00 per unit from N240.00 per unit, and CSCS Plc jumped by 0.2 per cent to N26.84 per share from N26.80 per share.
On the flip side, UBN Property Plc slumped by 3.1 per cent to N2.18 per unit from N2.25 per unit, and First Trust Mortgage Bank dipped by 1.7 per cent to 58 Kobo per share from 59 Kobo per share.