The last trading day of the week on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX) on Friday, May 8, 2026, saw a total of 1,047,407,943 shares exchanged in 69,834 deals, as securities worth N50.13 billion were traded, news.ng reports.
According to data, the volume of shares traded declined by 29%, turnover fell by 22%, and the number of deals recorded also declined by 14%.
The current market capitalization of the NGX is N157 trillion (USD 116 billion).
Out of the 133 listed equities that participated in trading, 38 recorded gains, while 34 recorded losses.
Dangote Cement led the gainers with a 10% share price appreciation to close at N1,088.00 per share, followed by MeCure Industries, which gained 10% to close at N72.60 per share. Cadbury Nigeria also recorded a 10% rise in share price to close at N72.60 per share, while Neimeth International Pharma gained 10% to close at N9.90 per share.
On the losing side, UAC of Nigeria recorded a 10% end-of-day price depreciation to close at N171.00 per share, while Industrial & Medical Gases saw its share price decline by 10% to close at N42.30 per share.
Eterna Oil Plc lost 9.93% to close at N33.55 per share, while Learn Africa saw its share price depreciate by 9.89% to close at N8.20 per share.
In terms of trading volume, VFD Group recorded the highest volume with 103 million shares traded, followed by FCMB Group with 99.4 million shares traded. United Bank for Africa (UBA) recorded 94.5 million shares traded, while Access Holdings had 85.4 million shares traded on Friday.
