The Nigerian Equities market extended its positive tempo to close the trading week in the green region, as the benchmark NGXASI gained 12bps to peg the All-Share Index at 71,112.99 points to end the week, as against its previous close of 71,025.16points.
https://www.digital.zenithbank.com/ZEQ/ZEQ-jan-2026/index.html#p=1The gains in today’s market can majorly be attributed to price appreciation in Seplat Energy (+7.69%), Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (+2.31%), United Bank for Africa (+0.48%), Access Corporation (+0.29%), CILEASING (+9.93%) and 31 other stocks which kept the ASI in a positive terrain.
Consequently, the year-to-date inched to 38.75%, followed by a 0.12% increase in market capitalization to close at ₦39.11 trillion as investors’ wealth appreciated by N48.30 billion.
Market activity for the day varied as value traded increased by 37.77% to N6.03 trillion, while volume traded decreased by 8.74% to 441.58 million units.
We anticipate a mixed trading next week as we expect sentiments from the fresh inflation data to slip in.
CURRENCY MARKET:
The Nigerian Naira appreciated by 5.87% against the US Dollar in the NAFEM Window, closing at a rate of N791.75/USD.
