Nigerian Stock Market Statistics (Thursday,20th December, 2012)

Market Cap (N’bn) 8,789.11
Market Cap (US$’bn) 55.64
NSE All-Share Index 27,508.09
Daily Performance % 0.58
1 Week Performance % (0.56)
YTD Performance % 32.69
Daily Volume (Million) 224.62
Daily Value (N’bn) 2.81
Daily Value (US$’m) 17.79
The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index gained 58basis points today. First City Monument Bank led the day on the volumes list with 24.1million units exchanging hands. The relatively stable posture of Access Bank continued into today’s session, as it retained its value at the N9.00 mark, with volumes in excess of 9.4million units trading. Fidelity Bank, Sterling Bank and Union Bank all closed relatively on a flat note, however, FBN Holding’s attempt to emerge on the gainers list were kept at bay by volumes that kept on pouring in at the N15.60 mark. At the end of the session ‘offer’ volumes in excess of 3million units were still available at the said mark. GTBank secured a healthy lift of 6.59 per cent to close the day at N22.49. Offers made available to the market were promptly taken up by market participants, which resulted into an upward review of available offers. This lift could however trigger a response from profit takers nest trading session.