Investors rake in N1.54 last week, gained N946bn on Friday

The equities segment of the Nigerian Exchange closed the week positive, as investors gained N946 billion on Friday due to sustained interest in medium- and large-capitalized stocks.

Specifically, market capitalisation grew by N946 billion, or one per cent, closing at N95.264 trillion from N94.318 trillion recorded on Thursday.
Similarly, the All-Share Index increased by 1,482.67 points, or one per cent to close at 149,433.26 from 147,950.59 recorded previously. While the year-to-date return increased by 45.18 per cent, the market breadth closed positive with 30 gainers and 23 losers.

The NGX All-Share Index and market capitalisation appreciated by 1.63 per cent and 1.64 per cent, respectively, to close the week at 149,433.26 and N95.264 trillion. These are compared with 147,040.08 and N93.722 trillion recorded in the previous week.

As a result, stock market investors gained N1.542 trillion for the week under review. Similarly, all other indices finished higher, except NGX Banking and NGX AFR Div. Yield, NGX MERI Growth, NGX MERI Value, NGX Oil and Gas, NGX Sovereign Bond, and NGX Commodity Indices.

Each depreciated by 0.12 per cent, 0.75 per cent, 1.07 per cent, 0.27 per cent, 0.13 per cent, 2.02 per cent, and 0.49 per cent, respectively.
Meanwhile, a total of 4.373 billion shares, worth N97.783 billion, were traded in 110,736 deals this week by investors on the floor of the stock market.

This is in contrast to a total of 6.617 billion shares valued at N113.224 billion that exchanged hands last week in 109,590 deals. The financial services industry led the activity chart with 2.252 billion shares valued at N47.204 billion traded in 44,808 deals. This contributed 51.49 per cent and 48.27 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively.

The ICT industry followed with 1.118 billion shares worth N13.148 billion in 10,413 deals. The third place was oil and gas, with a turnover of 233.891 million shares, worth N4.726 billion, across 7,515 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely E-Tranzact International Plc, Access Holdings Plc and FCMB Group Plc, accounted for 1.921 billion shares worth N22.218 billion in 9,558 deals. This contributed 43.93 per cent and 22.72 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively.

Forty-nine equities appreciated in price during the week, fewer than 55 equities in the previous week. Forty-one equities depreciated in price, higher than 29 equities in the previous week, while 57 equities remained unchanged, lower than 63 recorded in the previous week.

The top five gainers for the week are: Morison Industries Plc, Mecure Industries Plc, Japaul Gold and Ventures, Sovereign Trust Insurance, and PZ Cussons Nigeria, which gained N1.15, N8.15, 56k, 50k, and N6.55, respectively.

Eterna Plc, UACN Plc, Etranzact International Plc, Transcorp Hotel and Chellaram Plc were the top five losers for the week. The companies lost N5.30, N13.80, N1.40, N17.20 and N1.45 respectively. The NGX notified the Trading Licence Holders of the listing of Chapel Hill Denham Management Ltd.’s Series 11 Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund of 140,100,000 Units of N100.00 each at N109.50 each under the N200 billion issuance programme.

Trading Licence Holders are hereby notified that an additional 140,100,000 units of N100 each at N109.50 each of Chapel Hill Denham Management Limited’s Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund under the N200 Billion Issuance Program were on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, listed on the Daily Official List of Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX).

With this listing of the additional 140,100,000 units, the total outstanding units of Chapel Hill Denham Management Limited’s Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund listed on NGX have now increased from 1,056,257,953 to 1,196,357,953 units of N100 each.

Guinness Nigeria led the gainers’ chart by 10 per cent, settling at N217.80; Morison followed by 9.84 per cent, closing at N4.69; and Champion Breweries increased by 9.69 per cent, finishing at N14.15 per share.

Austinlaz grew by 9.66 per cent, ending the session at N2.27 while Cileasing soared by 9.62 per cent, closing at N5.70 per share.
Conversely, Etranzact led the losers’ chart by 10 per cent, finishing at N12.60, Chellaram trailed by 9.90 per cent, ending the session at N13.20 and Eunisell Interlinked dropped by 9.89 per cent, closing at N75.15 per share.

Africa Prudential fell by 9.77 per cent, settling at N12 while Daar Communications shed by 9.18 per cent, finishing at 89k per share.
The market witnessed an overall growth across the market deals, volume, and value as 571.7 million shares valued at N29.04 billion was traded in 20,418 transactions.

This is in contrast to 529.7 million shares worth N12.3 billion that was exchanged across 18,159 deals earlier. Access Corporation closed with the highest volume, with 106.07 million shares traded, while Transpower closed with the highest value, amounting to N13.13 billion.