The NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange closed the first session of the new week and month in positive territory, rising by 0.34 per cent on Monday, February 3.
This raised the market capitalization of unlisted securities by N6.04 billion during the session to N1.772 trillion from the N1.766 trillion it closed last Friday and the NASD Unlisted Security Index (NSI) went up by N10.66 to settle at 3,129.47 points compared with the preceding session’s 3,118.81 points.
Yesterday, Okitipupa Plc expanded by N7.01 to close at N77.14 per share versus N70.13 per share, UBN Property Plc increased by 18 Kobo to finish at N2.20 per unit compared with last Friday’s N2.02 per unit, and FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc added 99 Kobo to trade at N40.00 per share, in contrast to the preceding session’s N39.01 per share.
Conversely, Air Liquide Plc depreciated by 88 Kobo to settle at N7.92 per unit versus N8.80 per unit, and Acorn Petroleum Plc lost 12 Kobo to quote at N1.26 per share versus N1.38 per share.
During the session, the volume of securities transacted by investors by 55.1 per cent to 499,700 units from the 1.1 million units transacted in the previous trading day, the value of transactions decreased by 86.8 per cent to N2.2 million from N16.9 million, and the number of deals went down by 59.5 per cent to 15 deals from 37 deals.
Impresit Bakolori Plc was the most active stock by value on a year-to-date basis with a turnover of 519.5 million units worth N504.3 million, trailed by FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc with 6.2 million units valued at N245.0 million, and Geo-Fluids Plc with 9.3 million units sold for N44.8 million.
Impresit Bakolori Plc was also the most active stock by volume on a year-to-date basis with the sale of 519.5 million units for N504.3 million, followed by Industrial and General Insurance (IGI) Plc with 42.4 million units worth N12.9 million, and Geo-Fluids Plc with 9.3 million units valued at N44.8 million.