Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed negative today, Thursday, 20th August 2026. The NGX ASI eased by 0.30% to close at 240,037.80 from 240,750.47 bringing YTD return to 54.25%. Market capitalisation decreased by ₦440.33 million to ₦154,977.07 billion from ₦155,417.40 billion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. However, the market turnover increased to ₦33.99 billion from ₦37.82 billion.
Market breath decreased by 51.72% to 0.48x from 1.00x, as 14 stocks advanced, 29 stocks declined, and 104 stocks remained unchanged HMCALL (9.38%) led the market with positive performance, while INTENEGINS (-9.85%) led the losers’ chart.
Market statistics
| Previous | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 240,750.47 | 240,037.80 | -0.30 |
| No. of Deals | 34,546.00 | 34,725.00 | 0.52 |
| Volume Traded | 1,193,446,907.00 | 2,872,006,798.00 | 140.65 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 37,818,250,453.80 | 33,994,691,516.28 | -10.11 |
