Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed positive today, Tuesday, 16th December 2025. The NGX ASI rose by 0.014% to close at 149,459.11 from 149,437.88, bringing YTD return to 45.21%. The market capitalisation increased by ₦13 billion to ₦95,280.31 trillion from ₦95,267.07 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. However, the market turnover decreased to ₦21.826 billion from ₦13.269 billion.
The market breadth decreased by 2.46% to 1.19x from 1.22x, as 31 stocks advanced, 26 stocks declined, and 90 stocks remained unchanged. ALEX (10.00%) and GUINNESS (9.98%) led the market with positive performance, while HMCALL (9.93%) led the losers’ chart.
Sectoral performance was negative as NGXBNK (0.28%), NGXOILGAS (0.09%) and NGXINDUSTR (0.1%) depreciated, while NGXINS (0.36%), and NGXCNSMRGDS (0.21%) appreciated.
Market statistics
| Today | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 149,437.88 | 149,459.11 | 0.014 |
| No. of Deals | 28,907.00 | 23,701.00 | -18.01 |
| Volume Traded | 553,163,597.00 | 1,026,215,272.00 | 85.52 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 13,269,492,879.36 | 21,826,320,480.86 | 64.48 |
