Markets at a Glance

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

EQUITIES

• The All-Share Index rose 1.68% to 34,818.01 with a market capitalization at 18.19 trillion naira.

• The top 5 gainers were Dangote Cement,  Nigerian Breweries, Lafarge Africa, Dangote Sugar and Zenith Bank.

• Top 5 losers were Stanbic IBTC,  Ardova, Unity Bank and Transcorp.

• The top 5 trades were on Transcorp, Guaranty, Zenith Bank, Access Bank and First Bank.

MONEY MARKET

• Overnight rate up 0.50% to 1.50%; Open Buy Back rate up 0.13% to 0.88%.

• NIBOR: Overnight rate down 0.79% to 1.0833%, 1month rates down 0.29% to 0.2700%, 3months down 0.32% to 0.2513%, 6 months down 0.20% to 0.4067%. 

FMDQ BOND YIELDS

• Index level: 740.03

• 1day:  0.32%

• Month-to-date: -1.21%

• Quarter-to-date: 18.09%

• Year-to-date: 53.80%

FOREX

• CBN Official rate: 379/$

• Importers & Exporters Window: 386/$

• Parallel Market: 478/$