Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed positive today, Tuesday, 23rd December 2025. The NGX ASI rose by 0.59% to close at 153,354.13 from 152,459.07, bringing YTD return to 48.99%. The market capitalisation increased by ₦578.90 billion to ₦97,771.97 trillion from ₦97,193.07 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. Also, the market turnover increased to ₦20.78 billion from ₦13.03 billion.
The market breadth decreased by 36.82% to 1.07x from 1.70x, as 29 stocks advanced, 27 stocks declined, and 91 stocks remained unchanged. ALEX (9.96%) and AUSTINLAZ (9.81%) led the market with positive performance, while ROYALEX (-7.22%) and CHAMPION (-6.57%) led the losers’ chart.
Sectoral performance was positive as NGXCNSMRGDS (1.30%), NGXBNK (1.23%), and NGXINDUSTR (0.21%) appreciated, while NGXOILGAS (-0.02%) and NGXINS (-0.13%) depreciated.
Market statistics
| Today | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 152,459.07 | 153,354.13 | 0.59 |
| No. of Deals | 33,327.00 | 27,589.00 | -17.22 |
| Volume Traded | 451,524,634.00 | 677,433,194.00 | 50.03 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 13,030,960,182.81 | 20,784,133,401.18 | 59.50 |
