
MTN moves just 7 shares on a day NGX won’t forget
MTN Nigeria barely registered a pulse on the exchange during one of July’s sharpest trading rebounds despite holding the country’s highest corporate credit rating.
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MTN Nigeria barely registered a pulse on the exchange during one of July’s sharpest trading rebounds despite holding the country’s highest corporate credit rating.

The CBN’s Q3 borrowing calendar dwarfs every previous quarter this year, reshaping the outlook for yields and market liquidity.

Stanbic IBTC shed 8% in a single session as the broader Nigerian market extended its bearish correction into July 2026.

Dangote Cement cleared a critical shareholder hurdle for a London Stock Exchange listing while delivering its biggest dividend payout ever.

PZ Cussons Nigeria posted ₦49 billion in profit and erased a ₦17 billion equity deficit, but the numbers raise important questions about what comes next.

Conoil hit its daily price limit on the Nigerian Exchange as the broader energy sector extended a punishing correction into July.

Dangote Cement dropped 7.5% as investors lost ₦2.39 trillion in Nigerian equities on the first trading session of July.

Zenith Bank led the NGX value chart as heavy profit-taking in blue-chip stocks erased ₦2.39 trillion from the market on the first trading day of July.

Aradel Holdings recommended ₦33 per share in total dividends for 2025 after profit surged 192% to ₦757.3 billion

Universal Insurance posted a ₦2.2 billion loss in Q1 2026 after oil and gas claims erupted, wiping out a 40% jump in gross premiums and flipping a profitable quarter into a painful miss.

Jaiz Bank signals continued earnings momentum with its Q3 2026 forecast, projecting ₦9.69 billion in profit after tax amid a ₦150bn capital raise and aggressive branch expansion plans.

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed the first half of 2026 with a broad sell-off in heavyweight stocks, even as the market held onto a 45.95% year-to-date gain that masks June’s bruising correction.
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