NGX records N318.52b new listings first quarter

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) recorded new listings of about N318.52 billion in the first quarter. The new listings included equities, fixed income, mutual funds and derivatives.

Going by the X-Compliance Report of the NGX, the Federal Government listed N11.23 billion new bonds under its Federal Government of Nigeria Savings Bonds, with maturities ranging between 2024 and 2026.

During the analysed period, the Lagos State Government issued the only bond by a sub-sovereign entity with its N137.33 billion series 1V, 10-year 13 per cent, Fixed Rate Bonds due 2031 under the state’s N500 billion debt issuance programme.

Also at the corporate bond segment, Dangote Industries Funding Plc listed the N112.42 billion senior unsecured bond and N31.36 billion Sukuk Issuances from Taj Bank and Family Homes under their respective Sukuk Issuance programmes.

FTN Cocoa Processors Plc and Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc undertook supplementary listings of N850 million and N3.68 billion worth of shares respectively. Africa Plus Partners Nigeria Limited listed its mutual fund, Africa Infra Plus 1, the first Carbon Plus naira denominated fund to be listed on the Exchange, at a market value of N21.65 billion.

True to the promise of the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange (NGX), Mr Temi Popoola, that the Exchange had a renewed focus on listings in 2023, NGX’s push for derivatives market continued to yield result with the listing of NGX Pension Index Futures Contract and NGX30 Index Futures Contract.

According to him, “We will be using listings as a vehicle for meeting strategic aspirations as the new dispensation comes in through increased advocacy and engagements”.