Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed positive today, Thursday, 5th February 2026. The NGX ASI rose by 1.18% to close at 170,005.36 from 168,030.18, bringing YTD return to 9.25%. The market capitalisation increased by ₦ 1,267.90 billion to ₦109.13 trillion from ₦107.86 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. Also, the market turnover increased to ₦22.26 billion from ₦20.57 billion.
The market breadth increased by 41.90% to 2.89x from 2.04x, as 55 stocks advanced, 19 stocks declined, and 74 stocks remained unchanged. CNIF (10.00%) led the market with positive performance, while DEAPCAP (-9.62%) led the losers’ chart.
Sectoral performance was positive as NGXOILGAS (4.68%), NGXINDUSTR (0.79%), NGXBNK (0.64%) and NGXCNSMRGDS (0.11%) appreciated, while NGXINS (-0.31%) depreciated.
Market statistics
| Today | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 168,030.18 | 170,005.36 | 1.18 |
| No. of Deals | 42,095 | 46,104 | 9.52 |
| Volume Traded | 694,787,500 | 712,980,642 | 2.62 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 20,568,531,363.68 | 22,262,081,594.37 | 8.23 |
