Companies requiring immediate short-term/long-term capital to stay afloat raised a total of N826.64 billion Commercial Paper and corporate bonds on FMDQ Exchange in seven months of 2022.
The telecommunication giant raised a historic N127 billion Series 1 & 2 CP under its registered N150 billion programme. The issuance consisted of two tenors – a 184-day series issuance priced at a 7.50 per cent yield and a 254-day Series 2 issuance priced at an 8.50 per cent yield. According to the report, in July 2022, total outstanding value for corporate bonds and CPs increased MoM by 10.95 per cent or N113.80 billion and 1.11 per cent or N5.78 billion to N1,153.50 billion and N524.58 billion respectively.
“However, the CBN did not auction OMO Bills in the primary market in July 2022, compared to N40.00billion worth of OMO Bills sold in June 2022,” the report disclosed. Total spot market turnover for all products traded in the secondary market was N17.53 trillion in July 2022, representing a MoM increase of 8.30 per cent or N1.34trillion from the turnover recorded in June 2022.