TUE FEB 17 2026-theGBJournal|The NGX All-Share Index advance to 190,262.44 on Monday, pushing market capitalization up by N5.10 trillion (+4.36%) to settle at N122.13 trillion and confirming a sustained bullish trend in February.
Strong gains were seen in MTNN (+10.0%), DANGCEM (+10.0%), BUACEMENT (+5.7%), ARADEL (+10.0%), GTCO (+7.1%), ZENITH (+10.0%) and WAPCO (+5.0%), marking strongest daily return for stocks since 23 May 2023.
The Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date returns equally improved to +15.1% and +22.3%, respectively.
The total volume traded increased by 1.3% to 1.08 million units, valued at N64.03 billion, and exchanged in 64,821 deals, indicating healthy market depth rather than a purely speculative spike.
ACCESSCORP was the most traded stock by volume at 86.72 million units, while ARADEL was the most traded stock by value at N11.02 billion.
Sectoral performance was broadly positive as the Industrial Goods (+7.8%), Oil & Gas (+4.7%), Banking (+4.7%), Insurance (+2.5%), and Consumer Goods (+1.4%) indices all closed higher.
As measured by market breadth, market sentiment was positive (2.2x), as 56 tickers gained relative to 26 losers.
ARADEL (+10.0%) and MCNICHOLS (+10.0%) led the gainers, while RTBRISCOE (-10.0%) and DEAPCAP (-9.9%) posted the most significant losses of the day.
The NASD also began the week on a positive note, with the NASD Security Index (NSI) and market capitalisation gaining 0.67%, closing at 4,001.42 points and N2.40trn, respectively.
Market activity was mixed during the session, as transaction volume surged substantially by 389.63%, whereas the total value of trades declined by 24.28%.
SDFCWAMCO (+8.17%) led the market gainers, while SDCSCSPLC (-0.47%) was the sole decliner in today’s session.
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