The Nigerian stock market hit a record high on Monday, January 1, 2026, with its value crossing N100 trillion threshold after it closed higher by 1.74 per cent.
During the session, the market capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited went up by N1.869 trillion to N101.807 trillion from N99.938 trillion and the All-Share Index (ASI) increased by 2,725.86 points to 159,218.22 points from last Friday’s 156,492.36 points.
Customs Street has been on bull run due to renewed bargain-hunting by investors, with today’s trading session witnessing a surge in activity level.
Business Post reports that investors traded 695.7 million shares valued at N18.6 billion in 56,632 deals compared with the 440.0 million shares worth N25.0 billion transacted in 40,245 deals in the preceding session.
This showed that the trading volume and the number of deals soared by 58.11 per cent and 40.72 per cent apiece, and the trading value declined by 25.60 per cent.
The most traded stock for the session was Tantalizers with a turnover of 71.8 million units valued at N181.8 million, Zenith Bank traded 53.4 million units worth N3.5 billion, Linkage Assurance transacted 51.7 million units for N93.1 million, Chams exchanged 35.0 million units worth N138.5 million, and Access Holdings sold 34.7 million units valued at N846.5 million.
The top five best-performing equities were Regency Alliance, Fidson, May and Baker, PZ Cussons, and Coronation Insurance after they chalked up 10.00 per cent each to sell for N1.21, N60.50, N20.90, N49.50, and N3.85 each.
The worst-performing equity for the day was Juli, which lost 9.93 per cent to trade at N7.26, Ikeja Hotel shrank by 9.91 per cent to N40.45, Sunu Assurances declined by 4.55 per cent to N5.25, Sovereign Trust Insurance dropped 2.36 per cent to settle at N3.72, and Berger Paints depreciated by 2.08 per cent to N47.00.
The market breadth index was positive after the bourse finished with 73 advancing stocks and seven declining stocks, representing a strong investor sentiment.
A look at the sectorial performance revealed that the insurance space grew by 4.97 per cent, the banking counter expanded by 4.71 per cent, the energy index improved by 3.75 per cent, the consumer goods sector rose by 2.06 per cent, the commodity industry soared by 1.59 per cent, and the industrial goods segment jumped by 0.95 per cent.