Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed negative today, Thursday, 22nd January 2026. The NGX ASI declined by 0.52% to close at 165,397.37 from 166,267.60, bringing YTD return to 6.29%. The market capitalisation decreased by ₦557.11 billion to ₦105.88 trillion from ₦106.44 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. Also, the market turnover decreased to ₦21.18 billion from ₦24.93 billion.
The market breadth decreased by 57.83% to 0.95x from 2.25x, as 37 stocks advanced, 39 stocks declined, and 72 stocks remained unchanged. UHOMREIT (10.00%) led the market with positive performance, while OMATEK (-9.40%) led the losers’ chart.
Sectoral performance was negative as NGXOILGAS (-0.15%), NGXINDUSTR (-0.71%), NGXBNK (-0.95%), NGXCNSMRGDS (-1.31%) and NGXINS (-1.35%) depreciated.
Market statistics
| Today | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 166,267.60 | 165,397.37 | -0.52 |
| No. of Deals | 43,548 | 46,481 | 6.74 |
| Volume Traded | 822,737,332 | 768,255,569 | -6.62 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 24,931,014,296.73 | 21,188,916,556.88 | -15.01 |
