Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed positive today, Tuesday, 27th January 2026. The NGX ASI rose by 0.12% to close at 165,713.82 from 165,517.56, bringing YTD return to 6.49%. The market capitalisation increased by ₦105.97 billion to ₦106.09 trillion from ₦105.98 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. Also, the market turnover increased to ₦16.82 billion from ₦16.82 billion.
The market breadth increased by 30.85% to 1.27 from 0.97x, as 33 stocks advanced, 26 stocks declined, and 89 stocks remained unchanged. SCOA (9.94%) led the market with positive performance, while AUSTINLAZ (-9.96%) led the losers’ chart.
Sectoral performance was positive as NGXINS (1.23%), NGXCNSMRGDS (0.46%), NGXINDUSTR (0.09%) and NGXOILGAS (0.02%) appreciated, while NGXBNK (-0.11%) depreciated.
Market statistics
| Today | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 165,517.56 | 165,713.82 | 0.02 |
| No. of Deals | 58,011 | 41,499 | 31.83 |
| Volume Traded | 586,634,339 | 483,093,827 | -19.82 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 16,818,506,909.11 | 17,378,116,260.51 | -11.70 |
