Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed positive today, Friday, 2nd January 2026. The NGX ASI rose by 0.57% to close at 156,492.36 from 155,613.03, bringing YTD return to 0.57%. The market capitalisation increased by ₦561.56 billion to ₦99,937.92 trillion from ₦99,376.36 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. However, the market turnover decreased to ₦24.97 billion from ₦35.13 billion.
The market breadth increased by 60.79% to 4.73x from 2.94x, as 52 stocks advanced, 11 stocks declined, and 85 stocks remained unchanged. ABCTRANS, MBENEFIT, FTNCOCOA, and INTENEGINS (10.00%) led the market with positive performance, while FCMB (-5.81%) and SEPLAT (-3.43%) led the losers’ chart.
Sectoral performance was positive as NGXBNK (0.58%), NGXCNSMRGDS (0.57%), NGXINS (0.57%), and NGXINDUSTR (0.37%) appreciated, while NGXOILGAS (-0.21%) depreciated.
Market statistics
| Today | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 155,613.03 | 156,492.36 | 0.57 |
| No. of Deals | 27,884.00 | 40,245.00 | 44.33 |
| Volume Traded | 1,229,469,780.00 | 439,952,745.00 | -64.22 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 35,128,761,518.26 | 24,970,750,358.76 | -28.92 |
