Daily Financial Markets Report for January 19, 2022

NGX All Share Index closes on a Positive note… ASI gains 173 Basis Point

The Nigerian Exchange Limited Bourse closed Positive. The benchmark All Share
Index (ASI) appreciated by 1.73% to close at 45,430.14. Market Capitalization
increased by 417 billion to close at N24.47 trillion while the Year-to-Date (YtD)
returns settled at 6.35%.
What shaped today’s market direction?
Today’s market direction can be largely attributed to gains recorded in large and
mid-cap stocks in Banking, Consumer Goods, Industrial and Oil & Gas. Some of
today’s market gainers include AIRTELAFRI (10.00%), UBN (4.46%), SEPLAT (4.36%),
NEM (1.93%), MANSARD (1.73%), GLAXOSMITH (0.84%), AFRIPRUD (0.78%),
BERGER (0.61%), ACCESS (0.52%) and ZENITHBANK (0.39%) amongst others.

NASD Market
The NASD market closed Flat after today’s trading activities as the Unlisted
Securities Index (USI) decreased by 0.01% to close at 747.61. Consequently, Market
Capitalization closed at 633.06 billion. Market activity measured by aggregate
volume decreased by 56.97% and value decreased by 58.35%. Investors traded a
total of 195 million units of shares valued at N4.10 billion in 10 deals.

please find here our Daily Financial Market update for today, January 19, 2021.