The Nigerian equities market superior additional on January 8, 2026, because the All-Share Index (ASI) gained 0.13% to shut at 160,806.6 factors.
Buying and selling exercise slowed throughout the session, with whole quantity declining to 645 million shares from 1.4 billion shares recorded the day past, reflecting extra cautious participation by buyers.
Market capitalization mirrored the constructive value motion, rising to N102.8 trillion throughout 44,410 offers, from N102.6 trillion within the prior session.
Healthcare shares had been favored by buyers, with Neimeth, Might & Baker, and Mecure showing among the many day’s high gainers.
The modest uptick pushed the market’s year-to-date return to three.34%, confirming the persistence of the continuing bullish pattern regardless of weaker volumes.
On the gainers’ chart, Neimeth and Might & Baker led with advances of 10.00% and 9.85% respectively, whereas Intenegins and ABC Transport recorded the steepest losses, declining 9.90% and 9.88%.
Exercise-wise, CHAMS topped the quantity desk with 60.4 million shares traded, adopted by Linkage Assurance at 54.1 million shares and Tantalizers at 44.9 million shares.
On the worth entrance, Zenith Bank dominated transactions price N1.5 billion, forward of Seplat at N1.2 billion and Unilever at N1.1 billion.
Amongst SWOOT shares, sentiment was broadly constructive, with Worldwide Breweries rising 2.37%, Nigerian Breweries gaining 1.27%, and Lafarge advancing 0.68%.
For the FUGAZ names, Zenith Bank and GTCO closed flat, whereas First HoldCo fell 2.08%, Entry Holdings declined 1.31%, and UBA eased 0.91%.
The market’s continued rise was supported by renewed shopping for curiosity in choose healthcare shares.
On the similar time, the sharp drop in buying and selling quantity suggests extra cautious investor positioning, with indicators of selective profit-taking rising after the current rally.
Staying above the 160,000-point stage retains the market outlook constructive, with the 161,000 mark now the subsequent goal. Continued shopping for may assist additional good points.
Nonetheless, if shopping for curiosity slows, the market might even see short-term pullbacks, because the index remains to be in overbought territory.
