Bulls overran the bears at the Nigeria Stock Exchange Wednesday as the NGX-ASI closed 1.7% higher at 45,430.14 points.
The bull was propelled by AIRTELAF (+10.0%), SEPLAT (+4.4%), and ZENITH (+0.4%). Consequently, YTD return improved to 6.4% while market capitalisation increased ₦417.2bn to ₦24.5tn. Volume and value traded rose by 7.5% and 365.3% respectively to 252.9m units and ₦8.9bn. GTCO (25.5m units), DANGCEM (24.5m units), and FBNH (23.1m units) led by volume while DANGCEM (₦6.5bn), GTCO (₦649.4m), and FBNH (₦277.2m) led by value.
Performance across our coverage sectors was bullish as 4 indices gained, 1 lost while the Industrial Goods index closed flat. Leading the advancers, the AFR-ICT index surged 5.0% as investors cherry-picked AIRTELAF (+10.0%). Similarly, the Oil & Gas and Insurance indices rose 2.2% and 0.6% respectively following price upticks in SEPLAT (+4.4%), CORNERST (+6.0%) and MANSARD (+1.7%), while ZENITH (+0.4%) and ACCESS (+0.5%) drove a 0.5% increase in the Banking index. On the other hand, the Consumer Goods index shed 2bps due to sell-offs in CHAMPION (-1.2%) and HONYFLOUR (-0.6%).
Investor sentiment, as measured by market breadth (advance/decline ratio), softened to 0.9x from 2.0x as laggards (17) outpaced gainers (16). AIRTELAF (+10.0%), CORNERST (+6.0%), and COURTVILLE (+5.3%) led gainers while FTNCOCOA (-7.7%), CHIPLC (-7.2%), and REGALINS (-6.7%) led decliners. In tomorrow’s trading session we expect the positive sentiment to linger.
Market Statistics for Wednesday, 19th January 2022
| Market Cap (N’bn) | 24,476.9 |
| Market Cap (US$’bn) | 59.6 |
| NGX All-Share Index | 45,430.14 |
| Daily Performance % | 1.7 |
| WTD Performance % | 2.2 |
| MTD Performance % | 6.4 |
| QTD Performance % | 6.4 |
| YTD Performance % | 6.4 |
| Daily Volume (Million) | 252.9 |
| Daily Value (N’bn) | 8.9 |
| Daily Value (US$’m) | 21.7 |
Source: Afrinvest
