The last trading session of June 2025 at the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited ended on a negative note with a 0.01 per cent decline on Monday.
This occurred despite Customs Street posting a strong investor sentiment as the market breadth index was positive after the stock exchange finished with 32 price gainers and 31 price losers.
Learn Africa lost 10.00 per cent to trade at N4.59, Julius Berger depreciated by 9.97 per cent to N112.00, C&I Leasing crumbled by 9.90 per cent to N4.64, Thomas Wyatt weakened by 9.62 per cent to N1.88, and DAAR Communications crashed by 8.20 per cent to 56 Kobo.
On the flip side, CWG gained 10.00 per cent to close at N12.65, Caverton increased its value by 9.96 per cent to N5.74, Neimeth appreciated by 9.93 per cent to N6.53, FTN Cocoa advanced by 9.91 per cent to N3.66, and Meyer expanded by 9.84 per cent to N10.05.
Yesterday, the banking space tumbled by 1.09 per cent, the industrial goods declined by 0.42 per cent, and the energy sector went down by 0.29 per cent.
However, the consumer goods index improved by 0.79 per cent, and the insurance industry grew by 0.69 per cent, while the commodity index closed flat.
At the close of transactions, the All-Share Index (ASI) shrank by 17.19 points to 119,978.57 points from 119,995.76 points and the market capitalisation decreased by N11 billion to N75.951 trillion from N75.962 trillion.
When the market closed for the session, investors transacted 2.0 billion shares worth N44.3 billion in 25,172 deals versus the 625.8 million shares valued at N12.8 billion in 21,800 deals in the preceding trading day, indicating a rise in the trading volume, value, and number of deals by 224.69 per cent, 246.09 per cent and 15.47 per cent, respectively.
Royal Exchange was the busiest stock on Monday after it traded 502.3 million units worth N502.5 million, Oando sold 371.1 million units for N19.9 billion, Access Holdings exchanged 328.4 million units valued at N7.2 billion, UAC Nigeria transacted 128.8 million units worth N4.5 billion, and LivingTrust Mortgage Bank traded 112.2 million units valued at N539.7 million.