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The Nigerian equity market closed trading activities for today on a positive note, recovering some of the losses of the last two sessions, as key market performance indicators (the NGX-ASI and Market Capitalization) both appreciated by 0.52%. The market rally, which ended the two-day retreat, was triggered by fresh bargain hunting amid positive trading sentiment in mid-cap and blue-chip stocks, across major market sectors. Consequently, the market index (All-Share Index) added 1,010.23 basis points in today’s trading session, reflecting a 0.52% increase to close at 196,908.76 while Market Capitalization also gained ₦648.46 billion, representing a growth of 0.52%, settling at ₦126.40 trillion.
That said, the Total Volume of trades declined by -18.10% while the Total Value traded, on the other hand, increased +71.18%. Approximately 549.78 million units valued at ₦44,735.94 million were transacted across 55,465 deals. As regards volume, FTGINSURE generated 5.89% to emerge the most traded, followed by ACCESSCORP (5.15%), FIRSTHOLDCO (5.08%), ZENITHBANK (5.03%), and DANGCEM with 4.93%. On value traded, DANGCEM generated 46.26% of the total value of trade, thereby making it the highest traded on the exchange.
Meanwhile, on the best performers’ chart, FTNCOCOA led by generating +10.00%, then trailed by FIDSON (+9.97%), DEAPCAP (+9.89%), CAVERTON (+9.40%), LIVESTOCK (+9.30%), STERLINGNG (+9.03%), and twenty-four others. A total of twenty-nine (29) stocks depreciated. With a price depreciation of -10.00% each, ETERNA and OMATEK topped the worst performers’ chart, followed by SCOA (-9.94%), FTGINSURE (-9.24%), SOVRENINS (-9.09%), LEGENDINT (-8.40%), and GUINEAINS (-6.47%). Hence, the market breadth closed on a positive note as there were 30 gainers and 29 losers.
Finally, the market sectoral performance was negative today as three of the five major market sectors declined. The Insurance sector declined by -0.71%, followed by the Banking sector (-0.45%), and the Oil and Gas sector (-0.29%). The Industrial goods sector and the Consumer goods sector increased by +1.88% and +0.25% respectively.
Following the recently rebased data released by NBS, the country’s GDP stood at 3.98% in Q3’2025, marking a 26bps decline from the 4.23% recorded in Q2 2025. However, on a year-on-year basis, the growth rate in the third quarter of the year reflects a 12bps improvement compared to the 3.86% posted in Q3, 2024. The country’s GDP growth during the period under review was supported by expansions in both the
Oil and Non-Oil sectors.
Non-Oil Sector Growth and Contribution Increases
The non-oil sector contributed 96.56% to total GDP in Q3 2025, an increase from 95.95% in Q2 2025, but lower than 96.62% recorded in Q3 2024. Conversely, the Oil sector’s contribution dropped by 15.19% to 3.44% in Q3 2025, down from 4.05% in the preceding quarter, despite improvement in crude oil production.
Furthermore, in terms of growth, the Oil sector dipped by 14.62% points, recording a growth rate of 5.84% in
Q3 2025, compared to 20.46% in Q2 2025, while the non-oil sector recorded real GDP growth of 3.91%, up by 0.27% points compared to 3.64% in Q2 2025.
The country’s crude oil production averaged 1.64mbpd in Q3, 2025, which was higher than the daily average crude oil production of 1.47mbpd
recorded in the same quarter of 2024, but 0.04mbpd lower than the Q2’2025 production volume of 1.64mbpd.
Agricultural Sector Growth Strengthened Despite Rising Insecurity
Agricultural sector posted a real growth rate of 3.79% in Q3 2025, an improvement of 97bps from 2.82%
growth recorded in Q2 2025. Also, the sector’s performance expanded by 1.23% points when compared to Q3 2024, when it grew by 2.55%. The growth in the sector can be attributed to the harvest season, as well as improved mechanization, Export restriction for some raw products and encouragement of local production further boosted the sector’s growth. In addition, the sector contribution to the GDP increased, stood at 31.21% in Q3 2025, which was 505bps higher than 26.17% recorded in Q2 2025.
