THUR JULY 02 2026-theGBJournal| Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX Exchange), has announced the outcome of its Half-Year 2025 review of its market indices, following a comprehensive assessment of constituent companies across key market benchmarks.
The review covers the NGX 30 Index, NGX Lotus Islamic Index, NGX Pension Index, NGX Pension Broad Index, Corporate Governance Index, Afrinvest Bank Value Index, Afrinvest Dividend Yield Index, Meristem Growth Index, Meristem Value Index, as well as NGX’s sectoral indices comprising the NGX Banking, NGX Insurance, NGX Industrial, NGX Consumer Goods and NGX Oil & Gas Indices.
Notable changes are NASCON Allied Industries Plc and Unilever Nigeria Plc admitted into NGX 30 Index as Oando Plc and Transnational Corporation Plc exit.
Nestle Nigeria Plc and Cadbury Nigeria Plc comes into NGX Lotus Islamic Index while NASCON Allied Industries Plc exits.
The changes reflect the application of the Exchange’s prescribed index methodology and periodic rebalancing process.
The updated constituent changes took effect at the opening of trading on Tuesday, 1 July 2025, with new companies admitted into selected indices and others removed following the review process.
The semi-annual review reinforces NGX’s commitment to maintaining transparent, investable and representative benchmarks that accurately reflect prevailing market conditions.
The indices serve as important tools for investors, asset managers and other market participants in tracking performance, evaluating investment opportunities and benchmarking portfolio returns.
Designed using the market capitalisation methodology, NGX indices are reviewed semi-annually on the first business day of January and July to ensure they remain aligned with evolving market dynamics and international best practices.
The Exchange also reserves the right to make further adjustments where necessary in the event of mergers, acquisitions, trading suspensions, resumptions or other corporate actions prior to the effective date of an index review.
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