Daily Financial Markets Report for February 21, 2022

NGX All Share Index closes on a Positive note… ASI gains 20 Basis Points

The Nigerian Exchange Limited Bourse closed Positive. The benchmark All Share
Index (ASI) appreciated by 0.20% to close at 47,233.91 pts. Market Capitalization
increased by 50.35 billion to close at N25.46 trillion while the Year-to-Date (YtD)
returns settled at 10.58%.
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, Industrial and Consumer Goods. Some of today’s market
gainers include RTBRISCOE (10.00%), UCAP (10.00%), MAYBAKER (8.31%),
GUINNESS (5.71%), TRANSCORP (4.27%), PZ (2.94%), FIDELITYBK (1.66%), FIDSON
(1.22%), UBA (1.17%), GTCO (0.95%), ZENITHBANK (0.56%), ACCESS (0.48%) and
MTNN (0.15%) amongst others.

NASD Market
The NASD market closed Positive after today’s trading activities as the Unlisted
Securities Index (USI) increased by 0.52% to close at 738.41. Consequently, Market
Capitalization closed at 625.27 billion. Market activity measured by aggregate
volume increased by 376.32% and value increased by 429.65%. Investors traded a
total of 2.39 million units of shares valued at N24.11 million in 20 deals.

please find here our Daily Financial Market update for today, February 21, 2022