As NIBOR, NITTY Rise amid Renewed Liquidity Squeeze…
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The Nigerian bourse rebounded as the NSE ASI advanced by 0.41%, even as the Exchange printed 18 gainers as against 13 laggards at the end of Monday’s trading session.
Counters such as ACCESS, GUARANTY, ZENITHBANK and CCNN gained 3.85%, 3.57%, 0.88% and 3.14% respectively, lifting the NSE Banking and NSE industrial sub-indices higher by 2.49% and 0.65% respectively.
Hence, the year-to-date loss moderated to 16.00% from 16.35%.
Meanwhile, the total volume of traded shares spiked by 45.89% to 368.18 million units; however, the total value of stocks traded fell by 26.08% to N2.77 billion.
Elsewhere, NIBOR rose across tenure buckets amid renewed liquidity strain while NITTY soared for most maturities tracked on renewed profit taking activity.
In the bonds market, the values of OTC FGN papers were flattish for most maturities tracked; on the flip side, FGN Eurobond prices rose for all maturities in the international debt market.