Market Updates

US capital inflows to Nigeria jump 566% to $2.23bn Investors from the United States injected $2.23bn into Nigeria’s economy in the first nine months of 2025, findings by The PUNCH have shown. This figure represents a 566.02 per cent surge compared to the same period of 2024, despite renewed tariff... Read More →

Investors gain N1.7tn as banking, industrial shares surge Investors gained approximately N1.70 trillion at the close of Thursday’s trading, as broad-based sectoral advances lifted equities and pushed the benchmark index to a fresh weekly high on the Nigerian Exchange Limited. Market capitalisation rose to N123.93 tn from N122.24 tn, while... Read More →

Naira hits two-year high at 1,347/$ The naira has strengthened sharply in recent weeks, reaching one of its strongest levels in nearly two years, even as rising foreign portfolio inflows increase the risk of investor profit-taking later in the year, according to a macro update by CardinalStone. According to the... Read More →

NGX: Commercial paper debuts with Dangote Cement’s N119.87bn issuance Nigerian Exchange Limited has listed its first Commercial Paper by admitting Dangote Cement Plc’s Series 1 and Series 2 Commercial Papers under its N500bn Commercial Paper Issuance Programme. In a statement on Wednesday, the local bourse announced that the two series,... Read More →

Oando to raise N220.79bn via rights issue Oando Plc has formally submitted an application to the Nigerian Exchange Limited seeking approval to list a rights issue of 4,415,867,342 new ordinary shares as part of a capital-raising initiative that would generate about N220.79bn in fresh equity capital. In a corporate disclosure... Read More →

FX for business travels soar by 366% to $672m More Nigerians gained access to foreign exchange, boosting their spending on business travels by 366 per cent to $672.27m in the first nine months of 2025, up from $144.19m recorded in the corresponding period of 2024. The figures, contained in the... Read More →