Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N618 billion at the close of trading on Friday.
This followed the surge in the share prices of stocks such as Thomas Wyatt Nigeria, Eunisell Interlinked Plc and The Initiates Place, among others, on the trading floor.
The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) surged to 142,133.02 points from the 141,157.49 points recorded the previous day.
After five hours of trading at the capital market, the equity capitalisation increased to N89.9 trillion from N89.3 trillion posted by the bourse on Thursday.
The market breadth was positive with 36 stocks advancing, 23 stocks declining, and 89 stocks remaining unchanged in 22,350 deals.
https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&client=ca-pub-6945008995728725&output=html&h=280&adk=2083190156&adf=2341652881&pi=t.aa~a.1209929155~i.14~rp.4&w=530&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1758927212&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=7126380721&ad_type=text_image&format=530×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ripplesnigeria.com%2Fngx-equities-market-sustains-bullish-run-as-investors-gain-n618bn%2F&fwr=0&pra=3&rh=133&rw=529&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&fa=27&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTQwLjAuNzMzOS4xODYiLG51bGwsMCxudWxsLCI2NCIsW1siQ2hyb21pdW0iLCIxNDAuMC43MzM5LjE4NiJdLFsiTm90PUE_QnJhbmQiLCIyNC4wLjAuMCJdLFsiR29vZ2xlIENocm9tZSIsIjE0MC4wLjczMzkuMTg2Il1dLDBd&abgtt=6&dt=1758927210443&bpp=1&bdt=3954&idt=-M&shv=r20250924&mjsv=m202509230101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D6dc8a355dc503f97%3AT%3D1758835754%3ART%3D1758926910%3AS%3DALNI_MY7YPCWuuN9yns5EXG5jP-GUQYoMQ&gpic=UID%3D00001153bb63e08a%3AT%3D1758835754%3ART%3D1758926910%3AS%3DALNI_MYq814dax6B8QPXyBjK5ChuZidfjg&eo_id_str=ID%3D4c2ae2658a49a9f0%3AT%3D1758835754%3ART%3D1758926910%3AS%3DAA-Afjbk7zjVQALdtUcsCh_d81Il&prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280%2C728x90&nras=2&correlator=4212668252563&frm=20&pv=1&u_tz=60&u_his=4&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_sd=1&dmc=8&adx=100&ady=1692&biw=1010&bih=613&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=31094694%2C31094858%2C95366178%2C95367555%2C95371966%2C95344791&oid=2&pvsid=6009266105096240&tmod=267940157&uas=0&nvt=2&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ripplesnigeria.com%2F&fc=1408&brdim=278%2C15%2C278%2C15%2C1366%2C0%2C1041%2C708%2C1025%2C613&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&bz=1.02&td=1&tdf=2&psd=W251bGwsW251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLCJkZXByZWNhdGVkX2thbm9uIl0sbnVsbCwxXQ..&nt=1&pgls=CAEaBTYuOC4x&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=3&fsb=1&dtd=1775 Thomas Wyatt Nigeria, Eunisell Interlinked Plc and The Initiates Place led other gainers with 10%, 9.98% and 9.98% growth each in share prices to close at N3.30, N33.60, and N13.22 from the previous N3.00, N30.55, and N12.02 per share.
Fidelity Bank, Custodian & Allied Plc, and Cutix Plc led other price decliners with a 10% 8.90%, and 8.31% dip in share price to close at N18.45, N44.00, and N3.20 per share, down from the previous N20.50, N48.30, and N3.49 per share.
On the volume index, Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc led trading with 50 million shares in 32 deals, followed by Zenith Bank, which traded 38 million shares in 1, 172 deals.
Stanbic IBTC Plc traded 38 million shares in 379 deals.
On the value index, Stanbic IBTC Plc traded stocks valued at N4.1 billion in 379 deals, followed by Zenith Bank Plc, which traded equities worth N2.7 billion in 1,172 deals.
MTN Nigeria traded shares valued at N1.9 billion in 1,093 deals.