Investor confidence lifts stock market amid interest rate cut expectations 

By Peter Egwuatu  

The Nigerian banal marketplace extended its bullish tally past week, pursuing the simplification successful ostentation complaint and further anticipation of a chopped successful the Monetary Policy Rate, MPR by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

The Inflation complaint for September 2025 dropped to 18.02% from 22.12% successful August, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, conscionable arsenic MPR, benchmark involvement complaint was reduced to 27% from 27.5 % successful August by the CBN.

Analysts are predicting further simplification successful MPR successful the adjacent argumentation gathering by the CBN.

Meanwhile, investigation of the show of the banal marketplace past week showed that investors gained N1.265 trillion arsenic the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX marketplace capitalisation closed connected Friday astatine N94.561 trillion from N93.296 trillion the erstwhile week.

Similarly, different banal marketplace show indicator, NGX All Share Index, ASI grew higher by 1.4% to adjacent astatine 148,977.64 points against 146,988.04 points recorded the erstwhile week.

The upbeat show according to analysts comes astatine a clip of cautious optimism successful the market, with investors positioning up of third-quarter 2025, Q3’ 25 net releases and broader macroeconomic developments.

Analysts noted that the  affirmative absorption to the September ostentation report, besides reinforced expectations for a imaginable complaint chopped astatine the adjacent argumentation meeting.

Further investigation of trading past week showed that Dangote Cement appreciated by 4.4%,   BUA Foods up by   3.2%, STANBIC IBTC garnered 8.3% and WAPCO 4.3%. The Month-to-Date, MtD and Year-to-Date, YtD returns improved to 4.4% and 44.7%, respectively. That said, marketplace enactment was mixed, with trading measurement expanding by 5.9% Week connected Week, W/W, portion trading worth declined by 15.5% W/W. Across sectors, show was broadly affirmative arsenic the Industrial Goods Index up 2.8%, Insurance Index 2.6%, and Consumer Goods Index 1.9%, portion the Banking Index declined by -0.1% and the Oil & Gas Index remained unchanged.

Commenting connected marketplace outlook, analysts astatine Cordros Research stated: “ Next week, sentiment is expected to stay cautiously positive, supported by expectations of coagulated third-quarter net arsenic a caller question of firm results rolls in. Key releases connected the radar see WAPCO and the brewers, International Breweries, Nigerian Breweries, and Guinness Nigeria”.

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