Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed positive today, Friday, 16th January 2026. The NGX ASI rose by 0.04% to close at 166,129.5 from 166,057.29, bringing YTD return to 6.76%. The market capitalisation increased by ₦30.46 billion to ₦106.35 trillion from ₦106.32 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. However, the market turnover decreased to ₦16.71 billion from ₦31.59 billion.
The market breadth increased by 87.94% to 1.65x from 0.88x, as 43 stocks advanced, 26 stocks declined, and 78 stocks remained unchanged. REDSTAREX (10.00%) led the market with positive performance, while MCNICHOLS (-8.81%) led the losers’ chart.
Sectoral performance was positive as NGXINS (0.41%), NGXBNK (0.38%), and NGXCNSMRGDS (0.14%) appreciated, while NGXOILGAS (-0.14%) and NGXINDUSTR (-0.26%) depreciated.
Market statistics
| Today | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 166,057.29 | 166,129.50 | 0.04 |
| No. of Deals | 51,227.00 | 48,023.00 | -6.25 |
| Volume Traded | 1,034,706,750.00 | 539,881,869.00 | -47.82 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 31,590,303,025.26 | 16,716,752,341.61 | -47.08 |
