The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) closed the week on a positive note as the All-Share Index advanced by 0.92 per cent to 141,845.35 points, while market capitalisation increased to ₦89.744 trillion.
These figures compare with 140,545.69 points and ₦88.922 trillion recorded in the previous week.
As a result, equity investors collectively gained about ₦822 billion within the review period.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX CG, NGX Premium, NGX Banking, NGX Pension, NGX Insurance, NGX-AFR Bank Value, NGX AFR Div Yield, NGX MERI Growth, and NGX MERI Value which depreciated by 1.04, 1.14, 2.57, 0.15, 4.67 , 3.66, 1.74, 0.80 and 3.73 per cent respectively while the NGX AseM index closed flat.
Meanwhile, a total turnover of 2.735 billion shares worth ₦85.197 billion in 127,284 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange.
This is in contrast to a total of 3.188 billion shares valued at ₦99.685 billion that exchanged hands last week in 132,711 deals.
The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart with 1.909 billion shares valued at ₦37.834 billion traded in 56,026 deals.
This contributed 69.79 per cent and 44.41 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
The ICT Industry followed with 184.870 million shares worth ₦6.189 billion in 12,893 transactions.
The third place was the Services Industry, with a turnover of 176.506 million shares worth ₦813.252 million in 6,011 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc and United Bank for Africa Plc, accounted for 875.822 million shares worth ₦16.417 billion in 11,389 deals.
This contributed 32.02 per cent and 19.27 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
Forty equities appreciated in price during the week, lower than 70 equities in the previous week.
Forty-one equities depreciated in price, higher than 22 equities in the previous week, while 66 equities remained unchanged, higher than 55 recorded in the previous week.
Guinness Nigeria, Multiverse Mining, Eunisell Interlinked, Etranzact International and Chellaram were the top five gainers for the week, appreciating by 28.60 per cent, 21.30 per cent, 20.28 per cent, 11.71 per cent and 9.77 per cent respectively.
They gained ₦40.90, ₦2.45, ₦5.15, ₦1.75 and ₦1.30 respectively.
The top five decliners for the week were: Omatek Ventures, Cornerstone Insurance, Secure Electronic Technology, Royal Exchange and United Bank for Africa as they shed 24k, ₦1.13, 11k, 26k and ₦4.50 respectively.
The NGX also informed the investing public that NGX30H6 and NGXPENSIONH6 Futures Contracts were admitted to trading on the Exchange on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025.
It further referenced its earlier bulletin of Aug. 12, 2025, notifying the market of Chams Holding Company Plc’s Rights Issue of 2,348,030,000 ordinary shares of 50 Kobo each at ₦1.70 per share.
The Exchange disclosed that Chams had secured SEC’s approval to extend the Rights Issue period by 10 additional working days, with trading in the offer now expected to close on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025.