Foreign, Domestic Investors Drive Nigerian Stock Market Transactions to Record N2.7tn in Four Months Kayode Tokede
The total transactions by foreign and domestic investors at the Nigerian stock market increased to N2.7 trillion in the first four months of 2025,
making it the highest transaction by investors in the period. The latest trading report at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) showed that total transactions in the stock market gained 43.3 per cent
when compared to N1.89 trillion in the first four months of 2024. The “domestic & foreign portfolio participation in equity trading” in the first four months of 2025 performance represented a new record for the
stock market, driven by domestic investors' transactions dominating amid steady growth in foreign transactions. Foreign Portfolio Investments (FPIs) now account for more than one-third
of transactions in the Nigerian market, as against the situation in the previous year when foreign transactions amounted to about one-seventh of the market’s transactions. The latest report showed that
total foreign portfolio transactions moved to N877.12 billion in the first four months of 2025, representing an increase of 162.6 per cent from Continued on page 5
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