Mixed Sentiment Still As Players Digest Impact Of Rate Hike, Amidst Quarter-end Window Dressing

Market Update for September 28

Trading activities on the Nigerian Exchange continued its seesaw movement at the midweek, reflecting market reactions to Tuesday’s interest rate hike by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the midst of illiquidity in the system, as funds look for higher returns following the latest 150 basis points increase in monetary policy rate to 15.5%.

Also, the CBN’s latest Treasury Bill auction rates for September jumped across all the tenors with the 364-day bill rising by 2.25 points to 12%, the highest in the post-COVID era in the face of inflationary environment at 20.52% to leave this window in real negative return that requires that investors undertake portfolio realignment and management to preserve value of their investment at the end of the day.

The benchmark NGX All-Share index inched up, halting the previous day’s negative outing in the midst of panic selling and profit taking due to the rate hike, despite the buying position into few blue chip stocks helping the make, closing marginally up on a low traded volume and increased negative market breadth.

Meanwhile, cautious trading continued at this critical support levels of the market as all eyes are on Q3 corporate earnings and low valuation of stocks in different sectors to attract smart money, as September consumer price index is predicated to be above 21.24%, amidst portfolio rebalancing ahead of quarter-end and last quarter of the year seasonality.

The rate hike adjustment has further triggered another sector rotation and selling pressure in the market, despite the seeming mixed sentiment at the end of midweek trading, just as the consequence of aggressive hawkish monetary policy across the globe, which caused some countries to go back to intervention to safe the collapse of their economy, as governments high debt rate wouldn’t survive this rising rate as World Bank and IMF have been warning central banks to rethink and avoid pushing the global economy into recession.  We saw what is already happening in UK, China, Japan and others. Nigerian central bank and its committee should have a rethink before things goes out of hand.

The last quarter of 2022 is finally here, but we need to finish the year strong, so join us this Saturday at Investdata Master Class, this is where we take a step back, analyze the general direction of the major trends, and then break it down into shorter timeframes for more tactical opportunities.  The low valuation of NGX, high earnings and dividend yields on improved earnings released so far in the year, coupled with the expectation of third quarter corporate earnings to shape the market direction in the face of inflation hitting 17 years high above 20%, causing many players stay on the fence, waiting to confirm direction before jumping in, as outlook for the economy and the financial market remains unpredictable.

Despite the lingering high interest rates atmosphere, rising inflation and slowing industrial output as a result of policy changes and uncertainty around the globe, there are sectors, industries and individual stocks that are still seeing positive activities from traders and investors. There are stocks players should pay attention to, as the correction in the NGX index action create buying opportunity in some sectors and individual defensive stocks with high dividend high yield and positive earnings growth.

Market internals are revealing the hidden forces that work for both short and long-term traders to get into the best position and allow you to stay in them for maximum profit, despite the market rebounding or weaken further. The market’s internals that measure the forces behind the advancers and associated volume of the uptick or downtick. These two ratios tell you everything you need to know to predict future price movements. So, the volume pattern and index structure in recent sessions show position taking, while funds enter some stocks as revealed by money flow index which need to be confirmed, especially as negative sentiment supported the previous session candlestick formation.

At the current phase of the market, the decision of when to buy or sell individual stocks or an index, is always based on price actions and the money flow direction which combines price and volume. We only want to hold stocks that are increasing, or at least retaining their value, while avoiding equities that are on the decline, and the toolset to evaluate price action is technical analysis.

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Oil price continued its oscillation, after rebounding powerfully to touch $ 89.78 before trading at $87.93 on projection of oil hitting $100 again before the end of 2022 on supply tighten due to Russia Ukraine war in the midst of weak demand and fear of recession around the globe on hawkish monetary policy by central banks, just as China COVID-19 lockdown come to an end. The up and down movement of oil price also continues to drive volatility in the face of rising interest rates and inflation. Despite the bailout package of the Chinese government to simulate economic activates and stable employment, as well as that of Germany aimed at managing the energy crisis.

Midweek’s trading opened slightly in the upside and it was sustained throughout the session despite oscillating on panic selloffs and buying interest in blue chip stocks and large cap companies shares, a situation that pushed the NGX’s index to an intraday high of 49,258.73bps from its lows of 49,119.51 bps before closing marginally above its opening points at 49,171.70bps.

Market technicals were negative and mixed, with lower volume of shares traded than the previous day in the midst of negative breadth on mixed sentiment as revealed by Investdata’s Sentiments Report showing 37% buy position and 63% sell volume. The total transaction volume index stood at 0.61points, just as forces behind the day’s performance was weak as Money Flow Index is looking up at 36.99pts, from the previous day’s 31.03pts, indicating that funds entered the market.

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 Index and Market Caps

At the end of midweek’s session, the composite NGX All-Share Index trading gained 10.25bps, closing at 49,171.70bps, after opening at 49,161.45bps, representing a 0.02% up, just as market capitalization rose by N2.12bn, closing at N26.53tr, from the previous day’s N26.52tr, which also represented a 0.05% value gain.

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This session upturn was driven by demand for shares of BUA Cement, Ardova, Sterling Bank and Jaiz Bank among others, which impacted mildly on Year-To-Date gain, as it increases to 15.11%. Market capitalization gain YTD also rose to N2.93tr YTD, representing a 20.08% rise over the opening level for the year.

 Mixed Sector Indices

Sectorial performance indexes were mixed, as NGX Industrial Goods and Energy closed higher by 1.10% and 0.34% respectively, while the NGX Banking index led the decliners after losing 1.01%, followed Consume goods and Insurance with 0.09% and 0.05% respectively.

Market breadth remained negative, as losers outpaced gainers in the ratio of 20:7; just as transactions in volume and value were down, as investors exchanged 101.13m shares worth N1.19bn, with volume driven by trades in GTCO, Zenith Bank, FBNH, Transcorp and Chams.

Chams and Ardova were the best-performing stocks, gaining 8.01% and 7.4% respectively, closing at N0.27 and N13.75 per share respectively on market forces and earnings expectation. On the flip side, Japaul Gold and Royal Exchange Assurance lost 10% and 9.8% respectively, closing at N0.27 and N0.92 per share, purely on selloffs.

Market Outlook

We expect a mixed sentiment as players digest the impact of rate hike, in the midst of quarter-end window dressing by fund managers. This is just as banking stocks are gaining attention, despite profit taking that makes the sector more attractive for income investors, while portfolio rebalancing continues on bargain hunting in the midst of the worsening sovereign risks. We note also the flow of funds into the fixed income segment on the rate hike by the CBN, as sector rotation persists. Analysts are also focused on the lookout for August CPI and flow of funds amid oil prices oscillation.

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