The Nigerian stock market gained 0.48% after the Easter break, according to the All-Share Index.
Trading on April 22, 2025, ended the trading day on April 22, 2025, rising by 497.21 points to close at 104,739.61.
This represents a 0.48% increase from the previous session’s close of 104,242.40, as the index begins a corrective move toward the 105,000 threshold.
Despite this upward tick, trading volume saw a slight decline, totalling 353.2 million shares, a 6% decrease compared to the previous session’s 376.2 million shares.
Market capitalisation rose to N65.8 trillion, up from N65.4 trillion recorded in the prior session.
Leading the gainers are the brewing companies International Breweries and International Breweries, with increases of 10.00% and 9.94%, respectively.
On the losing side, Intenegins and Nsltech recorded declines of 9.46% and 8.93%, respectively.
Accesscorp and Fidelitybk emerged as the leaders in transaction volume for the day.
Market summary
- Current ASI: 104,739.61
- Previous ASI: 104,242.40
- Day Change: +0.48%
- Year-to-Date Performance: +1.76%
- Volume Traded: 353 million shares
- Market Cap: N65.8 trillion
Top 5 Gainers
- Intbrew: Up 10.00% to N6.05
- NB: Up 9.94% to N39.80
- TIP: Up 9.89% to N5.00
- JapaulGold: Up 9.79% to N2.13
- Cornest: Up 9.65% to N2.84
Top 5 Losers
- Intenegins: Down 9.46% to N1.34
- NslTech : Down 8.93% to N0.51
- UPL: Down 8.82% to N3.10
- FTNCocoa: Down 7.41% to N1.75
- Wapic: Down 5.50% to N2.06
Despite the notable price surge, trading volume experienced a slight decline, totalling 353 million shares, which represents a 6% decrease from the previous session’s 376.2 million shares.
Acesscorp emerged as the leader in trading activity, with an impressive 38.6 million shares exchanged.
This was closely followed by Fidelitybk, which recorded 34.5 million shares traded.
Chams also demonstrated significant trading engagement, with 29.6 million shares changing hands.
Additionally, both Univinsure and Zenithbank made considerable contributions to the day’s volume, trading 27.7 million and 23.7 million shares, respectively.
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In terms of trading value, Zenithbank emerged as the standout performer, facilitating transactions worth N1.07 billion.
Accesscorp made a significant contribution of N875.1 million to the daily total, while Fidelitybk and GTCo added N651.8 million and N579.1 million, respectively.
Nigerian Breweries rounded out the trading value with N473.5 million.
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Within the Swoots category, Wapco increased by 0.70%.
In the Fugaz sector, Firsthold rose by 3.46%, UBA grew by 2.80%, and Accesscorp gained 2.49%.
Zenithbank increased by 2.27%, while GTCO climbed 1.69%.
