Trump’s threat sparks massive sell-offs in Nigerian stock market as investors lose N2.8tn

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Investors at the Nigerian Exchange Limited, or NGX, lost a staggering N2.8 trillion between November 3 and 7, 2025, causing the Nigerian stock market to plummet over the past five days.

The All-Share Index, or ASI, dropped by 2.99 percent to 149,524.81 points from 154,126.46 points the week before, while equity market capitalization plummeted precipitously to N94.9 trillion.

Over the course of the reviewed week, the market was bearish.

Investors lost N245.88 billion just on Monday. Tuesday saw an additional loss of N611.96 billion, continuing the downward trend. Investors lost N1.31 trillion in a single trading session on Wednesday, the market’s biggest dip of the week.

Sell-offs continued as the market fell N347.75 billion on Thursday and ended the week down with a further N318.78 billion loss on Friday, bringing the weekly loss to N2.8trillion.

Meanwhile, market activity also slowed.

In contrast to the previous week’s 7.479 billion shares worth N145.429 billion swapped in 159,487 transactions, investors traded 3.575 billion shares valued at N107.011 billion in 146,429 transactions.

With 2.946 billion shares valued at N65.904 billion across 62,817 transactions, the financial services sector dominated the trading volume chart. With 1.288 billion shares valued at N19.3 billion in 11,536 transactions, Fidelity Bank Plc, FCMB Group Plc, and Aso Savings & Loans Plc topped trading by volume, accounting for 36.03% and 18.08% of the total market turnover in volume and value, respectively.

Twenty stocks saw price growth throughout the week, compared to 29 the week before. In the meantime, 51 stocks stayed the same while 75 stocks fell, more than the 70 previously noted.

The largest price increase was recorded by NCR (Nigeria) Plc at 20.94%, followed by Eunisell Interlinked Plc at 20.17% and Union Dicon Salt Plc at 9.93%.

Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc topped the losers with a fall of 28.21 percent, followed by C & I Leasing Plc with a decline of 20.16 percent. Over the course of the week, Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc also experienced a decline of 18.99%.

The most recent results highlight investors’ ongoing worries about macroeconomic uncertainty, market volatility, and profit-taking in a variety of industries.

This follows President Donald Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern because to reported Christian killings.

After that, Trump made threats to use force in Nigeria.

Investor confidence in Nigeria’s stock market during the reviewed week may have been affected by the occurrence.

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