Nigerian stocks rally, main index crosses 80,000 points for first time

Nigerian stocks extended gains for the fifth session yesterday led by banks to push the main index past a psychological threshold of 80,000 points for the first time ever, NGX data showed.

The All Share Index closed 0.83% up at a record 80,328.58 points.

Nigerian stocks rally, main index crosses 80,000 points for first time

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Stocks have leapt 6.5% in early 2024 trading, extending last year’s gains of 45.90%, as local funds pile back into equities.

The index of Nigeria’s top 10 banks climbed 2.23% on the day to lead the charge on the bourse.

Nigerian equities started to rally at the end of last May, when new President Bola Tinubu launched reforms of the country’s foreign exchange market and scrapped a costly but popular fuel subsidy that had sucked up government finances.