The REITs and Conclude Finish Resources board posted 1,926,143 shares in 607 deals.
Sectoral output
Execution across sector indices was primarily bearish, alongside key heavyweights dragging down the conventional.
- NGX Banking Index declined by 0.91% from 2,752.82 points to 2,727.81 points, weighted down by pullbacks in GTCO (-3.28%), Ecobank Transnational (-2.86%), Admission Corp (-2.51%), and Zenith Bank (-1.03%).
- NGX Industrial Index fell by 0.91% from 10,467.53 points to 10,372.27 points, impacted by charge depreciation in BUA Cement (-3.10%) and Cutix Plc (-4.17%).
- NGX Consumer Goods Index dropped 0.83% from 4,090.41 points to 4,056.52 points, triggered by losses in Unilever (-8.55%), Multinational Breweries (-5.45%), and Dangote Sugar Refinery (-1.43%).
- The NGX Insurance Index bucked the universal trend, gaining 0.38% to terminate at 1,098.22 points (up from 1,094.10 points), boosted by gains in Wapic Insurance (+9.95%), AIICO Insurance (+3.95%), and Fortis World Insurance (+3.31%).
- The NGX Growth Index high-degree by 0.87% from 27,031.30 points to 27,266.77 points, driven by optimistic movement in Zichis Agro Allied (+3.75%) and The Initiates Plc (+2.10%).
- NGX Oil & Gas Index closed virtually flat including a marginal upward bias at 6,244.49 points (compared to 6,244.45 on Monday), as charge gains in Eterna Plc (+2.92%) and Japaul Gold (+4.35%) offset a slight dip in Oando Plc (-1.00%).
Advertise breadth closed negative as 32 equities recorded charge depreciations against 27 gainers.
What you should learn
Tuesday’s promote announce is a evaluate from Monday’s results where trading operation veteran a surge in liquidity
Whole advertise capitalization of listed equities had hit a log N163.999 trillion (approx. The High-finish Board followed together with 135,334,823 shares traded in 15,093 deals.
Nigerian equity swap capitalization shed N468.63 billion to finish at N163.530 trillion on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, as trading effort on the Nigerian Swap (NGX) closed on a bearish observe despite considerable liquidity.
Investors traded a entire of 548,646,300 equity shares valued across 47,203 transactions.
Despite the high volume, the decline in banking, industrial goods, and consumer goods stocks pulled down the key promote indicators.
The NGX All-Communicate Index (ASI) fell by 721.91 points (0.29%) to terminate at 251,913.20 points, down from Monday’s finish of 252,635.11 points.
Trade synopsis
- All-Communicate Index (ASI): Dropped to 251,913.20 points, down 0.29% from 252,635.11 points
- Market capitalization: Fell to N163.530 trillion, down 0.29% from N163.999 trillion
- Trade value lost: N468.63 billion
- Trading volume: 548.65 million shares, down 46.42% from 1.024 billion shares
- Overall deals: 47,203 deals, down 23.45% from 61,661 deals
Top 5 gainers
- NPF Microfinance Bank Plc (NPFMCRFBK): Up 10.00% to N4.40 from N4
- LivingTrust Mortgage Bank Plc (LIVINGTRUST): Up10.00% to N2.86 from N2.60
- Wapic Insurance Plc (WAPIC): Up 9.95% to N2.43 from N2.21
- VFD Group Plc (VFDGROUP): Up 9.84% to N13.40 from N12.20
- ABC Transport Plc (ABCTRANS): Up 9.82% to N6.15 from N5.60
Top 5 losers
- Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc (SOVRENINS): Down 9.92% to N2.36 from N2.62
- Unilever Nigeria Plc (UNILEVER): Down 8.55% to N100.50 from N109.90
- NEIMETH: Down 6.02% to N7.80 from N8.30
- University Press Plc (UPL): Down 6% to N4.70 from N5
- Cross-border Breweries Plc (INTBREW): Down 5.45% to N9.55 from N10.10
Driving the volume.
Promote operation was firmly driven by top tier banking tickers.
- Guaranty Trust Holding Business Plc (GTCO) led one-stock volume operation using 88.73 million shares traded, followed closely by United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) together with 48.84 million shares, Fidelity Bank Plc including 45.64 million shares, Admission Holdings Plc together with 41.81 million shares, and Zenith Bank Plc using 34.21 million shares.
- In the ICT sector, Chams Holding Enterprise Plc too recorded key trading volume at 29.69 million shares.
- Assignment across the trading boards showed that the Key Board recorded the lion’s distribute of commerce volume including 396,997,715 shares executed in 28,945 deals. N164.00 trillion) on Monday, from N163.655 trillion recorded in the preceding trading session on September 25.
Source: Nigerian equities lose N469 billion as banking stocks drag market lower
