…The NASD closed Thursday’s session on a negative note, as the NASD OTC Securities Index (NSI) and total market capitalisation declined by 0.68%
FRI DEC 19 2025-theGBJournal| Nigerian equities and the benchmark index jumped on Thursday, as investors optimism stayed bullish for the fourth consecutive session.
Gains in NESTLE (+10.0%), FIRSTHOLDCO (+7.7%), UBA (+4.5%), and GUINNESS (+10.0%) drove the benchmark index higher by 0.4% to 150,363.03 points.
Consequently, the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date returns settled at +4.8% and +46.1%, respectively.
The total volume of trades declined by 85.8% to 839.77 million units, valued at N32.81 billion, and exchanged in 23,211 deals.
FIRSTHOLDCO was the most traded stock by volume and value at 385.62 million units and NGN15.54 billion.
Sectoral performance was mixed as the Consumer Goods (+1.2%), Banking (+0.6%), Oil & Gas (+0.1%) indices advanced, while the Insurance (-0.2%) index declined. The Industrial Goods index closed flat.
As measured by market breadth, market sentiment was positive (1.3x), as 35 tickers gained relative to 26 losers.
NESTLE (+10.0%) and GUINNESS (+10.0%) led the gainers, while STANBIC (-9.3%) and LASACO (-9.1%) posted the most significant losses of the day.
The NASD closed Thursday’s session on a negative note, as the NASD OTC Securities Index (NSI) and total market capitalisation declined by 0.68%.
The NSI ended the session at 3,589.88 points, while market capitalization settled at N2.15 trillion.
Trading activity was positive, with a sharp 49.31% and 211.84 % surge in volume and value traded respectively.
SDCSCSPLC led the decliners, falling by 7.80%.However, no gainers was recorded in today’s session.
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