Stock market investors lose N4.6trn

The Nigerian stock market closed on a bearish note, losing N4.6 trillion on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, amid sell-offs in heavyweight stocks.

The selloffs affected stocks including Academy Press, Custodian Investment, Dangote Cement, Deap Capital Management, Oando, and 56 others.

The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) market capitalisation, which opened at N94.526 trillion, dropped by N4.642 trillion, closing at N89.884 trillion.

The All-Share Index (ASI) also fell by 7,454.60 points, or 5.01 per cent, closing at 141,327.30 points from 148,781.90 recorded on Monday.

This made the year-to-date (YTD) return drop to 37.31 per cent.

The market breadth equally closed negative with 61 losers and four gainers.

Dangote Cement and MTN led the decliners’ table by 10 per cent each, ending the session at N594 and N429.30 per share, respectively.

Naira depreciates to N1,440/$ in official market

BUA Cement, Transcorp Power, and Oando dipped by 10 per cent each, closing at N162, N39.60, and N36 per share, respectively.

Conversely, NCR Nigeria led the advancers’ table by 9.82 per cent, settling at N21.25, Berger Paints trailed by 2.56 per cent, finishing at N36, and FCMB Group grew by 0.96 per cent, closing at N10.50 per share.

AXA Mansard rose by 0.25 per cent, ending the session at N12.10 per share.

Assessment of the market activity revealed 80 per cent growth in volume, 159 per cent increase in turnover and 9 per cent decline in deals.

655.9 million shares worth N29.4 billion were traded across 29,558 transactions, compared to 364.4 million shares valued at N11.4 billion that were exchanged in 32,564 deals on Monday.

However, First HoldCo closed with the highest volume, recording 68.27 million shares traded while Geregu closed with the highest value, amounting to N4.42 billion.

The Star