Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed positive today, Wednesday, 17th December 2025. The NGX ASI rose by 0.26% to close at 149,842.82 from 149,459.11, bringing YTD return to 45.58%. The market capitalisation increased by ₦258 billion to ₦95,525.70 trillion from ₦95,280.31 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. Also, the market turnover increased to ₦216.30 billion from ₦21.826 billion.
The market breadth increased by 38.66% to 1.65x from 1.19x, as 38 stocks advanced, 23 stocks declined, and 86 stocks remained unchanged. FIRSTHOLDCO (10.00%) and LASACO (10.00%) led the market with positive performance, while LIVINGTRUST (10.00%) led the losers’ chart.
Sectoral performance was positive as NGXBNK (1.48%), NGXCNSMRGDS (0.03%) and NGXINS (2.02%) appreciated, while NGXINDUSTR (0.63%), and NGXOILGAS (0.05%) depreciated.
Market statistics
| Today | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 149,459.11 | 149,842.82 | 0.26 |
| No. of Deals | 23,701.00 | 25,205.00 | 6.35 |
| Volume Traded | 1,026,215,272.00 | 5,925,204,140.00 | 477.38 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 21,826,320,480.86 | 216,194,043,058.30 | 890.52 |
