Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed positive today, Monday, 31st August 2026. The NGX ASI rose by 1.20% to close at 244,199.50 from 241,298.47 bringing YTD return to 56.93%. Market capitalisation increased by ₦1,913.25 million to ₦157,739.20 billion from ₦155,825.95 billion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. Also, the market turnover increased to ₦38.70 billion from ₦29.90 billion.
Market breath increased by 54.45% to 2.69x from 1.74x, as 43 stocks advanced, 16 stocks declined, and 88 stocks remained unchanged OMATEK (10.00%) led the market with positive performance, while ABBEYBANK (-9.41%) led the losers’ chart.
Market statistics
| Previous | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 241,298.47 | 244,199.50 | 1.20 |
| No. of Deals | 38,421.00 | 53,471.00 | 39.17 |
| Volume Traded | 605,169,419.00 | 606,193,524.00 | 0.17 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 29,872,544,879.14 | 38,703,919,865.99 | 29.56 |
