Foreign investment on stock market rises to N1.3trn in 7 months

By Peter Egwuatu 

Foreign investors’ transactions connected the Nigerian banal marketplace person risen to a grounds precocious of astir N1.3 trillion, indicating improved planetary investors’ confidence.

The latest report  released by the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX connected overseas portfolio information successful Nigeria obtained connected Friday indicated that overseas portfolio concern had much than doubled this year, outpacing the erstwhile year’s portfolios by 114.2 percent.

The study for the 7 months ended July 31, 2025, showed that  full overseas portfolios of N1.28 trillion was recorded  compared with N598 cardinal recorded successful the comparable play of 2024. Within the aforesaid play successful 2023, overseas portfolios had stood astatine N185.62 billion.

The N1.3 trillion overseas turnover besides importantly surpassed the N301.37 cardinal and N262.85 cardinal recorded wrong the archetypal 8 months of 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The study connected overseas portfolio investments (FPIs) by the NGX  showed important increases successful some inflow and outflow.

Foreign inflows tripled to N609.73 cardinal successful the archetypal 7 months of this twelvemonth compared with N266.64 cardinal recorded successful the corresponding play of 2024. Foreign outflows besides accrued from N331.36 cardinal by July 2024 to N671.56 cardinal by July 2025.

The surge successful overseas portfolios supported full transactions astatine the NGX to a seven-month grounds of N6.01 trillion, astir treble of N3.1 trillion recorded successful the comparable play of 2024.

Analysts person attributed rising overseas inflows with the stableness successful the Nigerian overseas speech (forex) market, which has supported the home currency.

“Specifically, we expect sustained inflows from overseas portfolio investors (FPIs) owed to existing transportation commercialized opportunities and stronger marketplace confidence,” analysts astatine Cordros Capital stated successful their report. 

Analysts added the rising FPIs and increasing lipid and non-oil exports would proceed to enactment a unchangeable naira.

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