WED DEC 24 2025-theGBJournal| The Nigerian equities market closed higher on Wednesday as investors took stock of the volatile year, and amidst three days of trading session, shortened for the Christmas holiday.
The benchmark NGX All-Share Index and market capitalization rose by 0.97% and 0.98% to close the week at 153,539.83 and N97.890 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Premium, NGX Insurance, NGX MERI Growth, and NGX Lotus II Indices which depreciated by 0.51%, 2.13%, 0.23% and 0.62% respectively while the NGX Oil and Gas and NGX Sovereign Bond indices closed flat
Buying interest in TRANSCOHOT (+9.8%), FIRSTHOLDCO (+5.4%), and UBA (+6.6%) drove Index performance. Sequentially, the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date returns settled at +7.0% and +49.2%, respectively.
The total volume traded increased by 157.9% to 1.75 billion units, valued at N30.05 billion, and exchanged in 19,372 deals.
ABBEYBDS was the most traded stock by volume and value at 1.12 billion units and N7.07 billion, respectively.
Trading in the top three equities, namely Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc, VFD Group Plc and Custodian Investment Plc (measured by volume), accounted for 1.471 billion shares worth N14.684 billion in 1,093 deals, contributing 51.15% and 23.00% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
Analysing by sectors, the Banking (+1.7%), Consumer Goods (+1.5%), and Industrial Goods (+0.1%) indices advanced, while the Insurance (-1.5%) index declined. The Oil & Gas index closed flat.
As measured by market breadth, market sentiment was positive (1.6x), as 35 tickers gained, while 22 tickers lost.
GUINNESS (+10.0%) and AUSTINLAZ (+10.0%) led the gainers, while LEGENDINT (-9.3%) and MANSARD (-7.1%) recorded the most significant losses of the day.
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