NGX All-Share Index Rises 0.22% to 249,712.4 Points, Nears 250,000 Mark
By Aboki Forex —
The Nigerian All-Share Index closed Friday, 22 May 2026, in positive territory. It rose 0.22% to 249,712.4 points, edging closer to a return above the 250,000 psychological level. This represented a 537-point gain from the previous session’s 249,175.4.
Trading activity weakened to 711.8 million shares from 1.06 billion shares. Market capitalisation still advanced alongside prices. It climbed to N160.07 trillion after 62,386 deals, up from the previous N159.7 trillion.
What the data is saying
Trading sentiment remained bullish on 22 May 2026. The year-to-date return strengthened to 60.47%, up from 60.13% in the previous session. Aluminium Extrusion Industries and DAAR Communications topped the gainers’ chart. Each advanced by 10% to lead the day’s strongest performers.
Profit-taking pressure lingered. Trans Nationwide Express declined by 9.92%. Livestock Feeds fell by 9.64%.
Market activity
Fidelity Bank led trading activity by volume with 198 million shares. Access Holdings followed at 69.6 million shares. Mutual Benefits recorded 42.7 million shares. JaPaul Gold also posted notable activity with 33.8 million shares. Zenith Bank followed closely with 24.3 million shares exchanged during the session.
In value terms, Fidelity Bank led with N4.5 billion. Aradel followed at N3.5 billion. Zenith Bank posted N3.2 billion. Access Holdings and MTN Nigeria recorded N1.74 billion and N1.17 billion respectively.
Top 5 Gainers
Aluminium Extrusion Industries up 10.00% to N9.90
DAAR Communications up 10.00% to N2.09
RT Briscoe up 9.93% to N14.06
Learn Africa up 9.79% to N12.90
RedStarex up 9.56% to N34.95
Top 5 Losers
Trans Nationwide Express down 9.92% to N5.72
Livestock Feeds down 9.64% to N8.90
The Initiates down 8.65% to N33.80
Ellah Lakes down 8.64% to N10.05
Neimeth down 6.36% to N10.30
SWOOTs
Among stocks worth over one trillion naira (SWOOTs), performance was largely positive. Nigerian Breweries gained 2.87%. Stanbic IBTC rose 2.65%. BUA Cement advanced by 1.45%. On the downside, Dangote Sugar declined by 1.14%.
FUGAZ performance
FUGAZ stocks closed mixed. UBA was up 0.45%. First HoldCo gained 0.14%. Access Holdings declined by 1.38%. Zenith Bank and GTCO closed flat.
Sectoral performance
Sectorally, performance was broadly positive. The NGX Industrial Goods index gained 0.53%. NGX Consumer Goods advanced 0.28%. The NGX Banking index rose 0.25%. The NGX Oil and Gas index ticked up 0.18%. On the flip side, NGX Insurance shed 0.18%.
NGX All-Share Index now has a quarter-to-date performance of 24.06%.