Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed positive today, Friday, 19th December 2025. The NGX ASI rose by 1.10% to close at 152,019.59 from 150,363.05, bringing YTD return to 47.73%. The market capitalisation increased by ₦1,056.03 billion to ₦96,912.90 trillion from ₦95,856.87 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. However, the market turnover decreased to ₦21.67 billion from ₦32.81 billion.
The market breadth increased by 5.19% to 1.42x from 1.35x, as 34 stocks advanced, 24 stocks declined, and 89 stocks remained unchanged. UNIONDICON (10.00%) and AUSTINLAZ (10.00%) led the market with positive performance, while SOVRENINS (7.42%) led the losers’ chart.
Sectoral performance was positive as NGXCNSMRGDS (3.82%), NGXBNK (0.08%), NGXINDUSTR (1.46%) and NGXINS (0.04%) appreciated while NGXOILGAS (0.03%) depreciated.
Market statistics
| Today | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 150,363.05 | 152,019.59 | 1.10 |
| No. of Deals | 23,211.00 | 25,384.00 | 9.36 |
| Volume Traded | 839,774,594.00 | 1,489,320,145.00 | 77.35 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 32,806,939,339.45 | 21,665,954,029.39 | -33.96 |
