Trading activities on the equity market for today Monday(23/05/2022) closed negative, as the NGX-ASI decreased by 0.13% to 52,911.51 from 52,979.96, indicating a YTD return of +23.87%. Similarly, the market capitalization declined by N36.91 billion to N28.53trillion from N28.56 trillion. The market turnover increased to N3.55billion from N3.22 billion. The market breadth closed negative at 0.88x, as 21 stocks advanced against 24 stocks, while 71 remained unchanged. The share prices of CONOIL gained 9.95% to top the gainers’ list, while PRESCO declined by -10% to lead the losers’ chart. Also, JAIZBANK recorded the highest volume of trades for the day.
Stocks whose share prices loss during intra-day trading include: PRESCO(-10.00%), NEIMETH(-9.66%), UACN(-8.33%), NEM(-7.74%), PRESTIGE(-7.32%), JAIZBANK(-6.67%), WAPIC(-6.67%), FCMB(-2.88%), TRANSEXP (-2.74%), FIDELITYBNK(-1.72%), LINKASSURE(-1.64%), HONYFLOUR(-1.33%), AIICO(-1.32%), WAPCO(-1.22%), GTCO(-0.84%), OANDO(-0.81%) FBNH(-0.42%) STANBIC(-0.29%) and ZENITHBANK(-0.21%).

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MARKET STATISTICS
| CAP | N28,525,111,362,593.19 | One Day (ASI CHG) | -0.13% |
| Index | 52,911.51 | One Week (ASI CHG) | -0.06% |
| Volume | 263,338,835.00 | One Month (ASI CHG) | +9.19% |
| Value | N3,549,775,452.60, | Six Months (ASI CHG) | +22.32% |
| Deals | 4,856.00 | 52 Weeks (ASI CHG) | +38.06% |
| Gainers | 21 | Losers | 24 |
| Unchanged | 71 | Total | 116 |
| YTD Returns | +23.87% |
Source: Ngxgroup.com, GTI Research
Sector Performance
| Security | Change Percent |
| ASI | -0.13 |
| NGX30 | -0.21 |
| NGXBNK | 0.10 |
| NGXCNSMRGDS | 0.05 |
| NGXINDUSTR | -0.09 |
| NGXINS | -2.32 |
| NGXLOTUSISLM | -0.41 |
| NGXOILGAS | 0.28 |
Top 7 Gainers
| Security | Previous | Close Price | Change Price | % change |
| CONOIL | 31.15 | 34.25 | 3.10 | 9.95 |
| MRS | 13.60 | 14.95 | 1.35 | 9.93 |
| ACADEMY | 1.23 | 1.35 | 0.12 | 9.76 |
| NPFMCRFBK | 1.87 | 2.02 | 0.15 | 8.02 |
| MBENEFIT | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.02 | 8.00 |
| CHIPLC | 0.60 | 0.64 | 0.04 | 6.67 |
| ROYALEX | 1.14 | 1.20 | 0.06 | 5.26 |
Top 7 Losers
| Security | Previous | Close Price | Change Price | % change |
| PRESCO | 200.00 | 180.00 | -20.00 | -10.00 |
| GSPECPLC | 3.41 | 3.07 | -0.34 | -9.97 |
| NEIMETH | 1.76 | 1.59 | -0.17 | -9.66 |
| UACN | 14.40 | 13.20 | -1.20 | -8.33 |
| NEM | 4.39 | 4.05 | -0.34 | -7.74 |
| PRESTIGE | 0.41 | 0.38 | -0.03 | -7.32 |
| JAIZBANK | 0.90 | 0.84 | -0.06 | -6.67 |
Top 7 Traders By Volume
| Security | Close Price | Trades | Daily Volume | Daily Value |
| JAIZBANK | 0.84 | 98 | 114,007,816 | 101,752,697 |
| GTCO | 23.5 | 320 | 12,872,851 | 302,842,621 |
| TRANSCORP | 1.3 | 175 | 12,806,324 | 16,725,610 |
| ACCESSCORP | 9.95 | 179 | 11,657,629 | 115,657,902 |
| ZENITHBANK | 24.05 | 351 | 8,579,430 | 207,021,363 |
| UBA | 7.95 | 144 | 8,243,914 | 65,622,390 |
| STERLNBANK | 1.6 | 70 | 6,719,296 | 10,540,857 |
Top 7 Traders By Value
| Security | Close Price | Trades | Daily Volume | Daily Value |
| PRESCO | 180 | 113 | 6584271 | 1185169181 |
| MTNN | 249 | 493 | 1812825 | 450145897.4 |
| GTCO | 23.5 | 320 | 12872851 | 302842620.8 |
| SEPLAT | 1299.9 | 34 | 218412 | 273021034 |
| ZENITHBANK | 24.05 | 351 | 8579430 | 207021363.3 |
| ACCESSCORP | 9.95 | 179 | 11657629 | 115657901.7 |
| JAIZBANK | 0.84 | 98 | 114007816 | 101752697 |
OUTLOOK
The stock market resumes transactions for the week on a negative note, as profit taking persists.

