THUR FEB 12 2026-theGBJournal| The NGX All-Share Index on Thursday hit 178,625.63 for the first time in history, extending its rally to fresh highs, buoyed by sustained confidence in domestic economy.
The benchmark index gained 0.3% with the market capitalization which rose to N114.66 trillion.
Gains in SEPLAT (+10.0%), PRESCO (+4.7%), MTNN (+0.5%), and GTCO (+0.9%) helped drive the Month to Date and Year to Date returns to settle higher to 4.0% and 8.0%, respectively.
The total volume traded declined by 25.6% to 698.34 million units, valued at NGN28.44 billion, and exchanged in 50,886 deals.
ACCESSCORP was the most traded stock by volume at 52.05 million units, while GTCO was the most traded stock by value at NGN4.34 billion.
Sectoral performance was mixed as the Oil & Gas (+4.6%) index advanced while the Insurance (-1.5%), Industrial Goods (-1.1%) and Banking (-0.1%) indices declined. The Consumer Goods index closed flat.
As measured by market breadth, market sentiment was positive (1.3x), as 45 tickers gained relative to 34 losers. SEPLAT (+10.0%) and RTBRISCOE (+10.0%) led the gainers, while NAHCO (-10.0%) and ABBEYBDS (-9.7%) posted the most significant losses of the day.
Meanwhile, the NASD OTC market persisted on its bullish momentum, as NASD Securities Index (NSI) and market capitalisation rose by 2.13% to close at 3,940.90 points and N2.36trn, respectively.
Market activity declined in today’s session as the volume and value of transactions declined by 99.18% and 88.43%, respectively.
SDOKITIPUPA (+9.09%) led the market gainers, while SDGEFLUID (-10.74%) topped the market losers.
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