Equities Market
Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed positive today, Wednesday, 7th January 2026. The NGX ASI rose by 0.40% to close at 160,591.76 from 159,951.08, bringing YTD return to 3.20%. The market capitalisation increased by ₦409.67 billion to ₦102.27 trillion from ₦102.68 trillion recorded at the previous trading day’s close. Also, the market turnover increased to ₦20.69 billion from ₦19.867 billion.
The market breadth decreased by 70.29% to 0.92x from 3.10x, as 35 stocks advanced, 38 stocks declined, and 75 stocks remained unchanged. UNIONDICON, OKOMUOIL, & SEPLAT (10.00%) led the market with positive performance, while CADBURY (-10.00%) and AUSTINLAZ (-9.93%) led the losers’ chart.
Sectoral performance was positive as NGXOILGAS (3.88%), NGXINS (1.08%) NGXINDUSTR (0.05%) and NGXCNSMRGDS (0.48%) appreciated, while NGXBNK (-0.98%) depreciated.
Market statistics
| Today | Today | %Δ | |
| NGX ASI | 159,951.08 | 160,591.76 | 0.40 |
| No. of Deals | 54,212.00 | 49,286.00 | -9.09 |
| Volume Traded | 758,980,528.00 | 1,440,618,173.00 | 89.81 |
| Market Turnover (Bn) | 19,866,599,836.17 | 20,694,797,620.46 | 4.17 |
