…The NASD OTC Securities Exchange closed the final trading session of the year on a mildly positive note
…Naira unchanged
WED DEC 31 2025-theGBJournal| Nigerian equities market rose by 0.4% to 155,613.03 points on holiday-shortened and final trading day of 2025. Market capitalization also increased by N532.94 billion to close at N99.38 trillion.
Gains in BUAFOODS (+1.3%), FIRSTHOLDCO (+7.9%) WAPCO (-1.10%), INTBREW (-4.44%)and MTNN (+0.8%) drove the index performance.
As a result, the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date returns settled at +8.4% and +51.2%, respectively.
The total volume of trades declined by 73.8% to 1.23 billion units, valued at N35.13 billion, and exchanged in 27,884 deals.
CHAMS was the most traded stock by volume at 710.28 million units while ARADEL was the most traded stock by value at N 9.52 billion.
Sectoral performance was mixed, as the Insurance (+2.2%), Banking (+1.5%), and Consumer Goods (+0.2%) indices advanced, while the Oil & Gas (-0.6%) and Industrial Goods (-0.1%) indices declined.
As measured by market breadth, market sentiment was positive (3.1x), as 46 tickers gained relative to 15 losers. ALEX (+9.9%) and AUSTINLAZ (+9.8%) topped the gainers, while NEIMETH (-9.4%) and TANTALIZER (-6.7%) led the laggards.
The NASD OTC Securities Exchange closed the final trading session of the year on a mildly positive note, recovering from the previous day’s decline as the market edged higher.
Both the NASD Securities Index (NSI) and total market capitalization rose by 0.01%, with the NSI ending at 3,543.74 points and market capitalization settling at N2.12 trillion.
Trading activity strengthened significantly, as total transaction volume and value surged by 95,725.74% and 1,652.88%, respectively, reflecting heightened participation to close out the year.
Gainers outpaced losers in the session, with SDGOLDEN (+9.14%) leading the advancers, and no stock recording a decline.
The official FX rate remained unchanged at N1,435.00/US$.
The NTB secondary market traded on a bullish note, as the average yield contracted by 1bp to 17.6%.
Across the curve, the average yield contracted at the short (-1bp), mid (-1bp) and long (-1bp) segments, driven by the demand for the 85DTM (-1bp),169DTM (-1bp) and 351DTM (-1bp) bills, respectively.
Similarly, the average yield contracted by 3bps to 21.9% in the OMO segment.
The Treasury bond secondary market closed on a bullish note, as the average yield contracted by 1bp to 16.4%.
Across the benchmark curve, the average yield contracted at the short (-3bps) end, driven by buying interest in the FEB-2031 (-10bps) bond but closed flat at the mid and long segments.
The overnight lending rate remained unchanged at 22.8%.
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