Trading activities in the Nigerian Equities market closed Positive at the end of today, Wednesday (29/01/2025), as the NGX-ASI increased to 104,597.64 from 103,958.75 recorded at the close of the previous trading day, indicating a YTD return of 1.58%.
Similarly, the market capitalization increased by ₦394 billion to ₦64.550 trillion from ₦64.156 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. The market turnover also increased to ₦14.785 billion from ₦13.636 billion.
The market breadth was negative at 0.69X as 25 stocks advanced and 36 stocks declined, while 59 stocks remained unchanged. ARADEL topped the gainers’ list with 10.00%, while CAVERTON declined by -10.00% to lead the losers’ chart.
UNIVINSURE recorded the highest volume, While ARADEL recorded the highest value for the day.
Read: NGX Price List for Wednesday, 29th January 2025
MARKET STATISTICS
| CAP | N64,550,393,093,984.75 | One Day (ASI CHG) | 0.57% |
| Index | 104,597.64 | One Week (ASI CHG) | 1.67% |
| Volume | 410,626,597 | One Month (ASI CHG) | 1.36% |
| Value | N14,785,247,463.39 | Six Months (ASI CHG) | 6.54% |
| Deals | 16,007 | 52 Weeks (ASI CHG) | 3.36% |
| Gainers | 25 | Losers | 36 |
| Unchanged | 59 | Total | 120 |
| YTD Returns | 1.58% | ||
Source: Ngxgroup.com, GTI Research
Sector Performance
| Security | % Change |
| ASI | +0.57 |
| NGX30 | +0.22 |
| NGXBNK | +0.75 |
| NGXCNSMRGDS | +0.81 |
| NGXINDUSTR | +0.01 |
| NGXINS | -1.65 |
| NGXLOTUSISLM | +1.54 |
| NGXOILGAS | +3.34 |
Top 7 Gainers
| Security | Previous Close | Close Price | Change Price | %Change |
| ARADEL | 540.00 | 594.00 | 54.00 | 10.00 |
| STANBIC | 65.00 | 71.45 | 6.45 | 9.92 |
| UPL | 4.67 | 5.12 | 0.45 | 9.64 |
| DAARCOMM | 0.77 | 0.84 | 0.07 | 9.09 |
| RTBRISCOE | 2.76 | 2.99 | 0.23 | 8.33 |
| VITAFOAM | 24.50 | 26.45 | 1.95 | 7.96 |
| SUNUASSUR | 5.40 | 5.82 | 0.42 | 7.78 |
Top 7 Losers
| Security | Previous Close | Close Price | Change Price | %Change |
| CAVERTON | 2.30 | 2.07 | -0.23 | -10.00 |
| THOMASWY | 2.04 | 1.84 | -0.20 | -9.80 |
| VERITASKAP | 1.43 | 1.29 | -0.14 | -9.79 |
| CONHALLPLC | 3.00 | 2.73 | -0.27 | -9.00 |
| TANTALIZER | 2.25 | 2.05 | -0.20 | -8.89 |
| ROYALEX | 0.99 | 0.91 | -0.08 | -8.08 |
| LINKASSURE | 1.55 | 1.45 | -0.10 | -6.45 |
Top 7 Traded Stocks By Volume
| Security | Close Price | Number of Trades | Daily Volume |
| UNIVINSURE | 0.68 | 189 | 33,619,063 |
| FIDELITYBK | 19.50 | 401 | 31,905,016 |
| FCMB | 11.45 | 440 | 23,128,408 |
| JAPAULGOLD | 2.12 | 237 | 20,214,008 |
| VERITASKAP | 1.29 | 146 | 17,089,816 |
| ACCESSCORP | 26.70 | 592 | 16,198,339 |
| INTBREW | 5.30 | 93 | 14,237,072 |
Top 7 Traded Stocks By Value
| Security | Close Price | Number of Trades | Daily Value |
| ARADEL | 594.00 | 1166 | 6,265,152,473.80 |
| OANDO | 74.50 | 771 | 660,389,071.25 |
| GTCO | 62.35 | 367 | 643,732,988.60 |
| FIDELITYBK | 19.50 | 401 | 621,756,025.30 |
| UBA | 37.70 | 572 | 519,091,918.25 |
| ZENITHBANK | 50.90 | 484 | 450,091,060.45 |
| ACCESSCORP | 26.70 | 592 | 433,717,968.85 |
OUTLOOK
Equities market recovered from previous day’s negative performance to close positive at the end of today’s trading. We anticipate positive performance in the remaining days of the week.
