Market Review for the week ended April 17th, 2025
The market opened for four trading days in the previous week due to Easter holidays declared for Friday, April 18, and Monday, April 21, 2025. Investors traded 1.525 billion shares worth ₦43.006 billion in 51,156 deals, a decline compared to last week’s 2.094 billion shares valued at ₦52.967 billion across 64,612 deals.
Thirty-one (31) equities appreciated in price during the week, higher than twenty-seven (27) equities in the previous week. Forty-four (44) equities depreciated in price, lower than fifty-six (56) in the previous week, while seventy-two (72) equities remained unchanged, higher than sixty-four (64) recorded in the previous week.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.32% to close the week at 104,233.81 and N65.499 trillion respectively.
Top 5 Price Gainers
| Security | Open Price (₦) | Close Price (₦) | Gain (₦) | Change (%) |
| ABBEYBDS | 6.13 | 8.96 | 2.83 | 46.17 |
| NB | 32.00 | 36.20 | 4.20 | 13.13 |
| ABCTRANS | 1.26 | 1.42 | 0.16 | 12.70 |
| LIVESTOCK | 8.54 | 9.50 | 0.96 | 11.24 |
| UNILEVER | 34.70 | 38.05 | 3.35 | 9.65 |
Top 5 Price Losers
| Security | Open Price (₦) | Close Price (₦) | Loss (₦) | Change (%) |
| GTCO | 68.00 | 59.00 | -9.00 | -13.24 |
| ZENITHBANK | 49.95 | 44.00 | -5.95 | -11.91 |
| DAARCOMM | 0.63 | 0.56 | -0.07 | -11.11 |
| CAVERTON | 2.54 | 2.27 | -0.27 | -10.63 |
| RTBRISCOE | 2.12 | 1.90 | -0.22 | -10.38 |
