The Nigerian fairness marketplace received N21.74 billion on Thursday, October 15, 2026, because the NGX maintained its rally for a 2d consecutive day.
The benchmark All-Proportion Index (ASI) liked through 33.48 issues (0.01%) to near at 247,707.13 issues, in comparison to 247,673.65 issues recorded on Wednesday.
Correspondingly, marketplace capitalisation larger from N160.81 trillion to N160.83 trillion as buyers exchanged 286,680,060 stocks throughout 30,186 offers within the equities phase.
Marketplace abstract
- All-Proportion Index (ASI): 247,707.13 issues, up 0.01% from 247,673.65 issues
- Marketplace cap: N160.83 trillion, up 0.01% from N160.81 trillion
- Marketplace price received: N21.74 billion
- Buying and selling quantity: 286.68 million stocks, down 8.96% from 314.90 million stocks
- Overall offers: 30,186 offers, down 2.38% from 30,922 offers
Best 5 gainers
- Multi-Trex Built-in Meals Plc: Up 10.00% to N0.55 from N0.50
- Zichis Agro Allied Industries Plc: Up 10.00% to N17.93 from N16.30
- Austin Laz & Corporate Plc: Up 9.92% to N2.66 from N2.42
- CWG Plc: Up 9.86% to N20.05 from N18.25
- Omatek Ventures Plc: Up 9.77% to N1.46 from N1.33
Best 5 losers
- Nigerian Enamelware Plc: Down 9.95% to N36.65 from N40.70
- NASCON Allied Industries Plc: Down 9.48% to N171.00 from N188.90
- Thomas Wyatt Nigeria Plc: Down 6.38% to N2.20 from N2.35
- DAAR Communications Plc: Down 6.37% to N1.47 from N1.57
- Legend Web Plc: Down 5.80% to N3.25 from N3.45
Using the numbers
The NGX Oil/Gasoline Index surged from 6,034.68 to six,194.16 issues. This rally was once anchored through high-priced power shares, significantly Aradel Holdings Plc, which jumped 7.14% (+N99.90) to near at N1,499.90, and Oando Plc, which received 1.16% to land at N34.95.
- Complementing the power sector’s surge was once a gentle raise within the monetary sector, because the NGX Banking Index complex from 2,550.65 to two,556.46 issues. This banking uplift was once supported through value appreciation throughout key monetary establishment counters, together with Ecobank Transnational Inc. (ETI) (+1.28% to N71.40), First Holdco Plc (+0.84% to N138.00), Constancy Financial institution Plc (+0.50% to N20.10), and United Financial institution for Africa (UBA) (+0.35% to N43.15).
Past the heavyweights, sure total marketplace breadth, with 26 gainers in opposition to 24 decliners, underscored broader investor urge for food throughout mid-cap and enlargement equities.
- The NGX Enlargement Index complex from 26,819.68 to 26,970.58 issues, fueled through most 10.00% day by day value prohibit features accomplished through Multi-Trex Built-in Meals Plc (to N0.55) and Zichis Agro Allied Industries Plc (to N17.93), along important rallies in CWG Plc (+9.86% to N20.05) and Cattle Feeds Plc (+9.73% to N18.60).
Then again, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc dropped 2.84% (-N24.00) to N820.00, dragging the NGX Top class Index down from 31,123.69 to 30,909.21 issues, whilst NASCON Allied Industries Plc fell 9.48% to N171.00 beneath a decent financial setting the place the Central Financial institution of Nigeria’s benchmark Financial Coverage Price stands at 23.00%.
Sectoral efficiency
Sectoral efficiency on Thursday, October 15, 2026, was once led through the NGX Oil/Gasoline Index, which surged through 159.48 issues to near at 6,194.16 issues (up from 6,034.68 on Wednesday).
- Wide-based purchasing passion throughout smaller and mid-cap equities boosted the NGX Enlargement Index, which received 150.90 issues to succeed in 26,970.58 issues (from 26,819.68), whilst the NGX Major-Board Index rose to ten,820.66 issues (from 10,767.69).
- Moral and institutional budget in a similar fashion noticed sure trajectory, because the NGX Lotus Islamic Index moved as much as 23,164.84 issues (from 23,045.85) and the NGX Pension Index expanded to twelve,914.69 issues (from 12,868.58).
- Modest features had been additionally recorded within the monetary and client sectors, with the NGX Banking Index lifting to two,556.46 issues (from 2,550.65), the NGX Client Items Index creeping as much as 4,033.67 issues (from 4,031.55), and the NGX Commodity Index advancing to at least one,937.41 issues (from 1,901.05).
By contrast, contraction in large-cap shares dragged down the NGX Top class Index, making it the consultation’s greatest decliner with a lack of 214.48 issues to complete at 30,909.21 issues (down from 31,123.69).
Insurance coverage holdings confronted delicate sell-offs because the NGX Insurance coverage Index slipped to at least one,080.09 issues (down from 1,082.33), along the NGX Company Governance (CG) Index, which dropped to 7,257.45 issues (from 7,275.18).
Minor pullbacks had been additionally noticed within the NGX MERI Enlargement Index (16,022.92 issues), the NGX MERI Worth Index (22,802.45 issues), and the NGX Pension Wide Index (4,974.79 issues).
In the meantime, the NGX Commercial Index closed just about flat at 10,442.87 issues (from 10,442.79), and fixed-income benchmarks stayed static, with the NGX Sovereign Bond Index unchanged at 661.50 issues.