Key Highlights
- The equities market recorded mixed performance – the listed equities market, NGXASI, recorded a loss of 1.54% W-o-W and the NASD OTC closed negative with a 1.46% gain W-o-W.
- The IEFX rate closed negative and the NAFEX rate closed flat.
- The BDC rates closed positive.
- The Brent Crude Oil price moved up while WTI Crude Oil price up at the end of the week.
- The FMDQ Debt Market Size closed negative
- AFEX ACI closed positive while the AEI index closed positive.
1. Equity
NSE
- The NGXASI inched down by 1.54% W-o-W.
On top gainer and loser sector indices, AFRBVI sector index topped the gainer’s chart with a gain of 3.03% W-o-W NGX INDUSTRIAL sector index closed negative with 3.26% W-o-W.
- Gote Index closed the week positive by 0.39% while the Toni Index closed the week positive by 2.36% W-o-W.
Chart 1: Market Performance
Market Performance | |||
Sectors | 24-Mar-23 | 31-Mar-23 | WoW Chg |
NGX ASI | 55,794.51 | 54,935.20 | -1.54% |
Banking | 436.95 | 452.97 | 3.67% |
Food and Beverages | 696.17 | 702.74 | 0.94% |
Insurance | 174.70 | 177.51 | 1.61% |
NGX LII | 3,550.69 | 3,525.80 | -0.70% |
NGX MAIN BOARD | 2,463.98 | 2,440.45 | -0.95% |
NGX PENSION | 1,882.83 | 1,906.49 | 1.26% |
NGX PREMIUM | 5,134.19 | 5,280.16 | 2.84% |
NGX-30 | 1,957.63 | 1,933.29 | -1.24% |
NGXAFRBVI | 1,049.78 | 1,081.54 | 3.03% |
NGXAFRHDYI | 3,550.77 | 3,591.60 | 1.15% |
NGX-ASeM | 659.42 | 659.42 | 0.00% |
NGXCG | 1,350.75 | 1,363.74 | 0.96% |
NGXGROWTH | 2,872.03 | 2,799.23 | -2.53% |
NGX-IND | 2,539.31 | 2,456.45 | -3.26% |
NGXMERIGRW | 2,347.70 | 2,351.76 | 0.17% |
NGXMERIVAL | 2,425.75 | 2,484.30 | 2.41% |
Oil and Gas | 521.34 | 510.83 | -2.02% |
Dangote Index | 150.52 | 151.11 | 0.39% |
Elumelu Index | 118.46 | 121.25 | 2.36% |
Source: NSE, Proshare Research
NASD
The NASD USI closed negative with 0.15% gain W-o-W.
Market CAP closed positive with 5.12% gain W-o-W.
Source: NASD Plc
For more updates on the Unlisted OTC market, visit the NASD Page
2. Bonds
Debt Market Size
The FMDQ Debt Market Size closed negative to close at N32.9trn
3. Commodities
Global Commodities
Brent crude oil prices moved up by 6.98% W-o-W to $79.69 per barrel.
WTI moved up 9.53% W-o-W to $75.08 per barrel as at the time of writing this report. (06:12 pm)
AFEX Indices
ACI moved up by 1.41% W-o-W to close at 482.95 and the AEI moved up by 1.26% W-o-W to close at 226.87.
AFEX Commodities
Cashew moved up by 3.26% to close at N342.11 and Sorghum also moved down by 5.94% to close at N216.
Source: AFEX
4. Forex
The NAFEX closed flat and the IEFX rates closed negative.
BDC Rate closed positive
5. Mutual Funds
For reports on Mutual Funds, Kindly click here for updates from the Fund Managers Association of Nigeria.