Markets
Bears maintain hold in today’s trading session
The Nigerian Stock Exchange closed today’s trading session on a bearish note, continuing the trend from last week. The All Share Index closed at 31,579.52 basis points, down 0.31%.
Year to date, the index is down 17.42%
Top Gainers and Losers
PZ Cussons Nigeria was the best performing stock today. The stock closed at N11.70, up 9.8%. GSK Consumer Nigeria closed up 9.43% at N14.50. CAP Plc rounds up the top three gainers with a 9.42% gain to close at N 31.95.
On the flip side, Diamond Bank was the worst performing stock today. The stock closed at N0.86, down 9.47%. AG Leventis was next depreciating by 9.09% to close at N0.30. Ikeja Hotel rounds up the top three decliners for today. The stock fell by 8.38%, closing at N1.53
Top Trades by Volume
Unilever Nigeria Plc was the most actively traded stock today. 20.3 million shares valued at N804 million were traded in 47 deals. Zenith Bank was next with 14.4 million shares valued at N347 million were traded in 226 deals. Interlinked Technologies rounds up the top three most traded by volume with 9.5 million shares valued at N34.3 million traded in 2 deals.
Corporate Action
Continental Reinsurance Plc
The Board of CRe Nigeria has received an offer from CRe African Investments Limited (“CRe Investments”), to acquire all the outstanding and issued shares of CRe Nigeria.
Commodities
OPEC crude oil production drops to its lowest in nearly 30 years
Crude oil production of OPEC+ members for June reduced by almost 2 million barrels.
The over-performance by Saudi Arabia that has cut its crude oil production by 1 million barrels per day (more than mandated), has helped in reducing OPEC crude oil production to its lowest point in nearly 30 years, thus sending crude oil price soaring to about $42 support levels, and dampening growing concerns of COVID-19 resurgence.
In the month of July, a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed a 108% compliance rate against 89% a month earlier.
Crude oil production of OPEC+ members for June reduced by almost 2 million barrels, compared to the month of May showing 33.4 million barrels per day. This agreement by major oil producers has helped in limiting oil production.
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The report from International Energy Agency (IEA) said, “On the supply side, global oil production fell sharply in June to stand 13.7 million barrels per day below the April level. The compliance rate with the OPEC+ supply agreement was 108%.”
Data from the report also shows that in the month of June, major oil producer, Russia fulfilled its quota for reducing oil production by 100%.
“This solid performance by the OPEC+ group has been supplemented by substantial market-driven cuts, mainly in the United States,” the report added.
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Meanwhile, Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda, in a note, said that Crude prices got a boost for the session, in part due to the “upbeat COVID-19 vaccine and treatment news” and a softer dollar, but U.S. benchmark prices remain “anchored below the $41 level and will likely struggle for any major moves” until after next week’s OPEC+ Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee meeting.
He added that, “The demand outlook risks warrant a discussion for OPEC+ to consider extending production cuts into August.”
Stock Market
Nigerian bourse falls by 0.12% WoW despite gains from GTBank & Zenith
The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization both depreciated by 0.12%.
The Nigerian All-Share Index and Market Capitalization both dropped by 0.12% to close the week at 24,306.36 and N12.680 trillion respectively.
Nigeria’s bourse closed the week with a total turnover of 901.542 million shares worth N13.453 billion in 18,676 deals traded this week by investors on the floor of The Exchange. This is in contrast to a total of 961.833 million shares valued at N9.181 billion that exchanged hands last week in 20,058 deals.
The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization both depreciated by 0.12% to close the week at 24,306.36 and N12.680 trillion respectively.
Explore Economic Research Data From Nairametrics on Nairalytics
The Financial Services industry (measured by volume) led the activity chart with 629.368 million shares valued at N5.186 billion traded in 9,887 deals; thus contributing 69.81% and 38.55% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively. The ICT industry followed with 59.506 million shares worth N5.161 billion in 684 deals. The third place went to the Consumer Goods industry, with a turnover of 57.136 million shares worth N1.385 billion in 2,993 deals.
Trading in the top three equities namely; Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc and Zenith Bank Plc (measured by volume) accounted for 293.678 million shares worth N4.042 billion in 4,334 deals, contributing 32.58% and 30.05% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
25 equities appreciated in price during the week, higher than 13 equities in the previous week. 33 equities depreciated in price, lower than 59 equities in the previous week, while 105 equities remained unchanged, higher than 91 equities recorded in the previous week.
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Top gainers
RED STAR EXPRESS PLC up 18.52% to close at N3.52.
P Z CUSSONS NIGERIA PLC up 15.38% to close at N4.50.
STERLING BANK PLC. up 13.04% to close at N1.30.
CORNERSTONE INSURANCE PLC up 10.00% to close at N0.55.
ZENITH BANK PLC up 9.51% to close at N16.70.
CHAMS PLC up 9.09% to close at N0.24.
NIGERIAN AVIATION HANDLING COMPANY PLC up 9.00% to close at N2.18.
GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC. up 7.93% to close at N22.45.
FIDELITY BANK PLC up 7.19% to close at N1.79.
LAW UNION AND ROCK INS. PLC. up 7.00% to close at N1.07.
Top losers
CUSTODIAN INVESTMENT PLC down 10.91 to close at N4.90.
CONOIL PLC down 10.00 to close at N18.90.
BETA GLASS PLC. down 9.95 to close at N61.55.
MRS OIL NIGERIA PLC. down 9.78 to close at N12.45.
UNILEVER NIGERIA PLC. down 9.78 to close at N12.45.
LIVESTOCK FEEDS PLC. down 9.68 to close at N0.56.
AXAMANSARD INSURANCE PLC down 9.66% to close at N1.59.
BERGER PAINTS PLC down 9.63% to close at N6.10.
ARBICO PLC down 9.52% to close at N1.71.
UACN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY PLC down 9.09% to close at N0.90.
Outlook
The Nigerian bourse struggled on most reference levels all week, with the exception of most tier-1 banks, that put up a good show in terms of turnover and gains recorded for the week.
However, with daily case surges in COVID-19 caseloads in major cities around Nigeria, and the high volatility ongoing on Nigeria’s black gold (Brent Crude), Nairametrics envisages cautious buying as geopolitical and economic uncertainty strengthens across the spectrum.
Cryptocurrency
ChainLink’s digital coin skyrockets 388% in 130 days, still soaring
LINK continues to see sky-high daily active addresses.
LINK, an altcoin powered on Chainlink’s decentralized network, is smashing BTC and many other fast-growing digital coins, in terms of the rate at which it has been appreciating in dollar terms lately.
Data from a crypto analytic ranking firm, Coinmarketcap, shows the 12th most valued crypto asset is presently valued at over $2.2 billion dollars (1.2 times more valuable than Nigeria’s most valued bank) with a daily trading volume of over $595 million. It traded as low as $1.60 dollars to its present-day value of over $6.20, showing a percentage gain of more than 387.5% as the price keeps drifting up.
Crypto behavior analytics platform, Santiment, in it feeds detailed that its on-chain volume, along with social volume and daily active addresses, is a “great triple thread to track.” These macros help track whether a given crypto asset is poised to continue its bullish momentum, and in LINK’s case, it shows that the momentum is still on.
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$LINK is continuing to see sky-high daily active addresses, indicating just how active the network has been. The four highest outputs in network activity over the past year for #Chainlink have occurred in the past six days. https://t.co/9Vn1WSNKjX pic.twitter.com/1xVMVgfWAV
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) July 10, 2020
About Chainlink
Chainlink is a blockchain that is designed to bridge the space between blockchain technology-based smart contracts (created by ETH), and other user programs. Since blockchains by principle can’t have access to data outside their paths or networks, a defi instrument is needed to facilitate data feeds in smart contracts, and Chainlink helps to solve such needs.
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Among the leading 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, it is viewed as the only top-20 token with a broad, adaptable business application that is easily explained to an average person. Chainlink is the first successful Blockchain application to interact with the outside world.
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