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GTBank, UBA, WAPCO halt bullish trend at Africa’s best-performing stock market
The market breadth closed positive as SKYAVN led 21 Gainers as against 8 Losers topped by CHAMPION at the end of today’s session
Nigerian stocks ended the last trading session on a near stalemate. The All Share index dropped slightly by -0.01% to close at 38,800.01 index points as against the +2.40% gain seen on Wednesday.
- Its Year-to-Date (YTD) returns currently stands at +44.55%. Nigerian Stock Exchange capitalization stood at N20.279 trillion.
- Nigerian bourse trading turnover plunged significantly closing negative as volume moved down by -73.97% as against +238.56% uptick recorded in the previous session. ZENITHBANK, GUARANTY, and FLOURMILL were the most active to boost market turnover.
- The market breadth closed positive as SKYAVN led 21 Gainers as against 8 Losers topped by CHAMPION at the end of today’s session – an improved performance when compared with the previous outlook.
- CHAMPION leads the list of active stocks that recorded an impressive volume spike at the end of today’s session.
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Top Gainers
- SKYAVN up 9.22% to close at N3.2
- OANDO up 8.66% to close at N3.64
- CAP up 7.61% to close at N20.5
- FLOURMILL up 5.08% to close at N27.95
- AFRIPRUD up 2.12% to close at N6.25
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Top Losers
- CHAMPION down 7.87% to close at N0.82
- MAYBAKER down 1.33% to close at N3.7
- WAPCO down 4.76% to close at N21
- GUARANTY down 0.61% to close at N32.8
- UBA down 0.59% to close at N8.45
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Outlook
Nigerian Stocks ended the last trading session on a slightly bearish note, amid falling oil prices prevailing at the U.S trading session. At the time of writing this report, Brent crude was trading below $51/barrel.
- That said, significant gains seen from NSE30 Stocks that include CAP, Flourmill, couldn’t stop Nigerian stocks from closing slightly red, as sell-offs intensified among leading Tier-1 banks and medium capitalized stocks.
- Nairametrics envisages cautious buying, on the sentiments that recent price action shows a pause in the bullish momentum, however, stock traders anticipate the bullish run is still in play for the long term.
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MTN, SEPLAT, ARDOVA, rally Nigerian stocks up
NSE30 stocks including, SEPLAT, ARDOVA, MTN triggered the upward run at Thursday’s trading session.
Nigerian Stocks ended Thursday’s trading session on an impressive note.
The All Share Index gained by 1.54% to close at 40,963.14 index points as against +0.11% upsides recorded on Wednesday.
- Its Year-to-Date (YTD) returns currently stands at +1.72%. Nigerian Stock Exchange market value now stands at N21.4 trillion
- Nigerian bourse trading volume also surged higher, on the account volume ticked up by 72.89% as against the 59.86% plunge recorded yesterday. TRANSCORP, MBENEFIT and GUARANTY were the most active to boost market turnover.
- The market breadth closed positive as CHAMPION led 49 Gainers as against 7 Losers topped by COURTVILLE at the end of today’s session – an improved performance when compared with the previous outlook.
Top Gainers
- NASCON up 9.72% to close at N17.5
- ARDOVA up 9.25% to close at N21.85
- SEPLAT up 8.76% to close N540
- DANGCEM up 3.04% to close at N237
- MTNN up 1.82% to close at N168
Top Losers
- NEIMETH down 6.36% to close at N2.06
- COURTVILLEdown 8.33% to close at N0.22
- JAIZBANK down 2.78% to close at N0.7
- NAHCO down 1.75% to close at N2.25
- GUINNESS down 0.26% to close at N18.85
Outlook
Nigerian Bourse recorded an impressive winning streak this week as some NSE30 stocks including, SEPLAT, ARDOVA, MTN triggered the upward run at Thursday’s trading session.
- The Nigerian Stock market advance to close in positive territory as buying interest was seen on stocks across the board.
- Nairametrics however, envisage cautious buying, amid improved market conditions in Nigeria’s financial market.
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Japaul stocks show no sign of slowing down, increase by 104% in 2021
Japaul stocks have gained 104% so far this year, as investors continue to bid the shares of the company higher.
Japaul Gold stocks have continued with its streak of gains today with no sign of slowing down, as the shares of the company gain 9.45% at mid-day on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, taking its year-till-date gains to 104%.
Source: Meristem
Checks by Nairametrics at today’s trading session revealed that the company which has become investors’ delight on the exchange, yet again gained an additional 12 kobo, which translates to 9.45%, as the share price of the rebranded company clears at N1.39, with 10 million shares of the company exchanged in 43 deals worth over N14 million.
Source: Meristem
As of 12:55 WAT, during active trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the bid books of the company revealed that almost 100 million bids have been placed at today’s price of N1.39 in 70 orders for the shares of the company, without a single offer.
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This suggests that the share price of the company will close at N1.39 today, and the momentum of the recent increase in the shares is expected to extend over to tomorrow.
What you should know
- Mr. Ahmed Jinad, Head, Investment Research, Meristem Securities Limited, who spoke at today’s webinar organized by Meristem, revealed that the key driver behind the recent gains in the shares of the company on NSE remains the recent restructuring process of the former oil servicing company into its new business of mining natural resources.
- As investors are optimistic about the performance of the company in this new line of business, it is important to note that the Management of Japaul has taken avid steps by rebranding and changing its logo and name from Japaul Oil & Maritime Services to Japaul Gold & Ventures Plc.
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- The company has also partnered H&H Mines Limited to mine gold, it is also set to receive approval in principle from representatives of H&H Mines Ltd for Japaul to invest in or acquire some shares of the company.
