Markets at a Glance
Thursday, 19 August 2021.
EQUITIES
The All-Share Index rose 0.32% to 39,670.29 with market capitalization at 20.67 trillion naira.
• The top five gainers were NAHCO, Neimeth, Honeywell Flour, BOC Gases and PharmaDeko.
• The top five losers were Nigerian Breweries, Chi Plc, STI, Ecobank Transnational and FCMB.
• The top five trades were on Courtville, Ecobank Transnational, Transcorp, NAHCO and Honeywell Flour.
MONEY MARKET
• Overnight rate up 0.46% to 18.33%; Open Buy Back rate up 0.17% to 17.67%.
(As at August 18)
• NIBOR: Overnight rate down 0.10% to 16.0667%., 1 month rate down 0.70% to 15.3453%, 3 months rate down 0.50% to 16.4787%, 6 months rate down 0.24% to 17.9407%.
FMDQ BOND YIELDS
• Index level: 552.34
• 1day: 0.29%
• Month-to-date: 2.81%
• Quarter-to-date: 3.63%
• Year-to-date: -17.60%
FOREX
• Importers & Exporters Window: 411.67 naira per $
• Parallel Market: 520 naira per $