October 23, 2025
Capital Market

The Nigerian equities market extended its bullish momentum on sustained investor interest in blue-chip stocks, propelling the NGX All-Share Index past the historic 150,000 mark for the first time. Driven by strong performances in banking, industrial, and telecoms bellwethers, the market closed on a firm positive note, signaling renewed confidence and liquidity inflows from institutional and retail investors alike.

Analysts attribute the rally to improved corporate earnings, dividend expectations, and investors’ flight to equities amid easing macroeconomic uncertainties, reinforcing the NGX’s position as one of Africa’s top-performing bourses in 2025.

This bold move pushed the year-to-date (YtD) return to +49.37%.

The uptrend was largely driven by sustained buying interest in large-cap stocks such as Dangote Cement (+6.54%), ARADEL (+5.98%) and MTN Nigeria (+4.17%), and Lafarge WAPCO (+0.73%).

BUA Cement rose by 1.18%, and Transcorp Hotels 6.26%.

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