The Unlisted Security Index (NSI) of the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange expanded by 0.32 per cent or 11.31 points on the first trading day after the Christmas break on Monday to 3,552.00 points from the 3,540.69 points it ended in the preceding trading session, which was last Wednesday.
Equally, the market capitalisation of the trading platform increased during the session by 0.32 per cent or N6.78 billion to N2.125 trillion from N2.118 trillion.
The growth recorded yesterday was spurred by four price gainers led by Central Securities Clearing System Plc (CSCS), which expanded by N3.25 Kobo to close at N35.80 per share against the previous trading value of N32.55 per share.
Further, Golden Capital Plc improved its value by 93 Kobo to sell at N10.22 per unit versus N9.29 per unit, Geo-Fluids Plc appreciated by 50 Kobo to trade at N6.00 per share compared with the preceding session’s N5.50 per share, and IPWA Plc added 8 Kobo to quote at 93 Kobo per unit versus 85 Kobo per unit.
Business Post reports that yesterday, there were three price losers led by MRS Oil Plc as it dropped N21.65 to sell at N194.94 per share versus N216.59 per share, FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc depleted by N2.18 to N49.12 per unit from N51.30 per unit, and Industrial and General Insurance (IGI) Plc slid by 6 Kobo to 58 Kobo per share from 64 Kobo per share.
The volume of trades went up by 4,346.3 per cent on Monday to 29.6 million units from 665,419 units, the value of transactions skyrocketed by 9,832.8 per cent to N1.5 billion from N15.5 million, and the number of deals jumped by 371.4 per cent to 33 deals from 7 deals.
Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company (InfraCredit) Plc remained the most active stock by value with 5.8 billion units exchanged for N16.4 billion. This was followed by Okitipupa Plc with 187.6 million units valued at N10.9 billion, and MRS Oil Plc with 36.1 million units worth N4.9 billion.
In terms of volume, InfraCredit Plc also led on a year-to-date basis with 5.8 billion units traded for N16.4 billion, IGI Plc ranked second with 1.2 billion units worth N420.7 million, while Impresit Bakolori Plc ws third with 536.9 million units valued at N524.9 million.