The NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange decreased by 1.16 per cent in the 18th trading week of 2026, with the Unlisted Securities Index down by 46.81 points to 4,005.78 points from the preceding week’s 4.052.58 points.
In the same vein, the market capitalisation went down by N28.01 billion in the four-day trading week to N2.396 trillion from the N2.424 trillion it ended a week earlier.
Last week, the total volume of transactions slumped by 87.7 per cent to 2.8 million units from 22.8 million units, just as the total value of trades declined by 32.3 per cent to N86.5 million from the previous week’s N127.7 million. The transactions were executed in the week in 140 deals across 16 stocks.
The most traded stock by value was Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc with N39.5 million, followed by Friesland Campina Wamco Plc with N37.2 million, Geo-Fluids Plc at N4.8 million, MRS Oil Plc at N1.9 million, and NASD Plc at N1.2 million.
In terms of volume, Geo-Fluids Plc led the activity chart with 1.63 million units, trailed by CSCS Plc with 0.524 million units, Friesland Campina Wamco Nigeria Plc traded 0.385 million units, Food Concepts Plc quoted 0.157 million units, and NASD Plc exchanged 0.036 million units.
Last week, there were six price decliners and two price advancers, led by Nitrox Industrial Gases Plc, which gained N2.43 to sell at N27 per unit versus the previous week’s N24.57 per unit, and UBN Property Plc, which grew by 20 Kobo to N2.23 per share versus N2.03 per share.
Conversely, MRS Oil Plc lost N17.65 to trade at N178.10 per unit versus N195.75 per unit, Friesland Campina Wamco Nigeria Plc slipped by N9.31 to N90.24 per share from N99.55 per share, NASD Plc dipped by N3.80 to N34.70 per unit from N38.50 per unit, Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC) Plc went down by 53 Kobo to N3.47 per share from N4.00 per share, CSCS Plc declined by 24 Kobo to N76.02 per unit from N76.26 per unit, and Food Concepts Plc slid by 3 Kobo to N2.67 per share from N2.7- per share.