Nigeria’s stock market opened the second half (H2) of 2025 in red, after decreasing by 0.20 percent at the close of trading on Tuesday, July 1. PZ Cussons and other major laggards on Tuesday caused the market’s negative close. PZ decreased from N38 to N35, down by N3 or 7.89 percent.
Also, the share price of University Press, another major decline, dipped from N5.60 to N5.04, losing 56kobo or 10percent, while SCOA dropped from a high of N5.39 to N4.86, losing 53kobo or 9.83 percent.
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) All-Share Index (ASI) and equities Market Capitalisation decreased from the preceding day’s highs of 119,978.57 points and N75.951 trillion, respectively, to 119,741.23 points and N75.801 trillion. In 21,546 deals, equities traders exchanged 527,079,776 shares valued at N11.277billion.
