NIGERIA'S STOCK PRICE SUMMARY MAY 15 - 26TH JUNE

 

 

NIGERIA'S STOCK PRICE SUMMARY MAY 15 - 26TH JUNE 2026

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STOCK	TICKER	MAY 15 ENDED PRICE	MAY 22 ENDED PRICE(N)	MAY 29 ENDED PRICE	JUNE 5	June 12	June 19	June 26
Abbey Building Society	ABBEYBDS	7.30	7.05	6.35	9.35	11.40	11.40	8.05
Access Holding	ACCESSCORP	25.75	24.95	24.05	25.00	26.00	22.80	22.95
Aiico Insurance Plc	AIICO		4.64	4.50	4.48	4.61	4.02	4.02
Academy Press ..	ACADEMY	7.05	9.15	9.15	8.25	7.45	8.10	6.7
African Prudential Plc	AFRICAN PRUDENTIAL		13.95	13.35	12.95	12.95
Airtel Africa	AIRTELAFRI			3,655.7				4,358.80
Aluminium Extrusion...	ALEX	9.00	9.90	9.90	9.90	9.90	9.90	9.90
Aradel Holdings	ARADEL	1,834.00	1,836.00	1,933.80	1,749.90	1,770.00	1,750.00	1.417.50
Associated Bus Com...	ABCTRANS	6.27	9.08	8.25	6.21	7.80	7.80	7.80
Austin Laz & Company plc	AUSTINLAZ			3.96	3.76	4.33	3.90	3.52
AVA Infrastructure Fund	AVAIF						1,000,000	1,000,000
Axamansard Insurance Plc	MANSARD		13.65	13.50		12.60	12.85	12.10
African Alliance Insurance	Afrinsure				0.20		0.20	0.20
African Prudential Registras	AfriPRUD					12		12
AfroMedia Plc	AfrOMEDIA							0.24
BUA Cement	BUACEMENT	435.00	420.00	420.00	378.00	378.00	378.00	340.20
BUA Foods	BUAFOODS	967.00	967.00	967.00	939.00	939.00	939.00	939.00
Berger Paints	BERGER	168.60	147.95	147.60	147.60	147.60	147.60	147.60
BETA Glass	BETA GLASS		570	570	562.80	562.80	562.80	562.80
Cadbury Nigerian Plc	CADBURY		69.00	69.00	69.00	69.00	62.10	62.10
CAP Plc	CAP			179.10	175.10	175.10	175.10	175.10
CHAMS	CHAMS	4.00	3.95	4.01	4.00	4.05	4.01	4.02
Caverton Offshore Support Group	CAVERTON		6.75	6.45	6.20	6.20	5.70	5.15
C & I Leasing PLC	CILeasing		6.60	6.10	6.15	6.65	6.00
Champion Brew	CHAMPIO	14.55	13.85	13.05	13.00	13.10	13.20	13.70
Computer Warehouse Gro..	CWG	24.800	23.000	24.000	22.00	21.50	20.65
CONOIL PLC	CONOIL			194.0	194.0	194.0	210.00	210.00
Coronation Infastructure Fund	CNIF		110.00	110.00				110.00
Chemical And Allied...	CAP	233.70	199.00	179.10	175.1	175.10
Corner Stone Insurance co.	CORNERSTONE		5.85	5.90	5.80	5.45	6.05	5.08
Consolidated Hallmark Holdings	CONHALL PLC		5.85	6.25	6.70	8.25	7.14	6.00
Curtix plc	CURTIX		3.19	3.10	3.18	3.04	2.98	2.68
Custodian & Allied Plc	CUSTODIAN			83.00	83.00	81.25	81.25	73.15
Dangote Sugar Refineries	DANGSUG	91.00	87.00	71.15	72.00	78.20	74.00.	68.00
Dangote Cement	DANGCEM	1,180.00	1,180.00	1,180.00	1,180.00	1,270.00	1,070.00	963.00
Daar Communications PLC	DAARCOM	2.25	2.09	1.95	1.98	1.90	1.81	1.53
Deap Capital Management & Trust	DEAPCAP			5.68	5.40	5.35	4.89	3.75
Ecobank Transnational Inc	ETI						95.2	95.2
Ekocorp plc	EKOCORP						5.80	5.80
Ella Lakes	ELLAHLA	10.95	10.05	10.05	10.00	10.00	8.75	8.35
ETERNA Plc	ETERNA		34.35	34.45	30.00	30.80	30.80	27.75
Eunisell Interlink plc	EUNISELL		209.95	209.95	210.00	210.00	210.00	210.00
Nigerian Enamel Ware Company	ENAMELWARE	37.00	37.95	37.00	37.00	40.70	40.70	40.70
E-Tranzact International PLC	E-TRANZACT		17.10	18.00	18.00	16.55	16.35	14.75
First HoldCo	FIRSTHOLD	70.00	70.00	70.00	62.00	70.00	55.00	60.50
FCMB Group PLC	FCMB		11.55	11.70	11.20	11.90	10.90	9.95
FTN Cocoa Process...	FTNCOCO	8.90	9.90	8.95	8.30	9.41	7.92	7.70
Fortis Global Insurance Plc	FTGINSURE		1.08	1.00	1.00	0.97	0.99	0.99
Fidelity Bank Plc	FIDELTYBK	42.12	42.12	21.20	20.70	20.00	18.00	18.20
Fidson	FIDSON	136.50	136.50	136.50	136.50	101.20	101.20	101.20
GEREGU Power Plc	GEREGU		1,132.00	1,132.50	1,132.50	1,132.50	1,019.30	917.40
Golden Guinea Brew. Plc	GUINEA			7.10	7.10		7.10	7.10
Guaranty Trust Holdings	GTCO	146.80	145.00	137.00	134.70	136.00	115.55	127.90
Guinness Nigeria Plc	GUINNES	402.60	402.60	402.60	402.60	365.50		365.50
Guinea Insurance Plc	GUINEAINS						1.00	1.03
Haldane McCall	HMCALL		3.60	3.84	3.60	3.92	3.92	3.92
Honey Well Flour Mills	HONEYWELL		18.15	18.20	18.35	16.85	16.70	15.85
Initiate Plc	TIP	32.30	33.80	28.40		33.45
Industrial & Medical Gases	IMG	42.30	38.10	38.10	37.60	37.60	34.10	34.10
IKEJA Hotel Plc	IKEJA		38.00	40.20	44.00	43.15	44.60	43.20
Infinity Trust Mortgage Bank	INFINITY		9.35	9.35	9.35	11.25		11.25
International Breweries Plc	INTBREW			12.65	12.35	12.10	10.80	10.45
International Energy Insurance	INTENEG	2.79	3.41	4.52	7.26	7.11	5.06	5.79
Jaiz Bank	JAIZBANK	9.00	8.97	9.10	9.00	9.10
John Holt Plc	JOHN HOLT		18.80	16.95	14.90	13.60	11.20	11.20
Japaul Gold Ventures	JAPAULGOLD	3.34	3.82	3.75	3.45	3.50	3.25	2.90
Juli Plc	JULI		7.25	7.25	7.25	7.25
Julius Berger	JBERGER	315.00	315.00	315.00	310.80	310.80	310.80	310.80
Lafarge Africa	WAPCO	337.00	342.00	342.00		330.00	315.10	317.40
Lasaco Assurance Plc	LASACO			2.08	2.05	1.96	1.90	1.86
Learn Africa Plc	LEARNAFRCA	10.85	12.90	12.75	11.50	11.00	11.00	10.00
Legend Internet Plc	Legend		6.12	6.06	6.10	5.80	5.50	5.50
Livestock Feeds	LFL	9.80	8.90	9.35	8.90	9.35	8.65	7.80
Living Trust Mortgage Bank	LIVINGTRUST		4.07	4.01	3.96	3.97
Linkage Trust Assurance Plc	LINKAGE		1.73	1.78	1.71	1.82	1.64	1.57
MTN Nigeria	MTN	820.00	820.00	820.00	775.00	800.00	800.00	830.00
Maybaker	MAYBAKER	47.30	50.00	46.70	47.00	43.00	40.00	40.00
Morison Industrial PLC	MORISON		10.62	10.62	10.62	10.60	10.60
Mutual Benefit Assurance	MBENEFI	4.30	4.70	4.39	4.30	4.09	3.70	3.40
Mecure Industries PLC	MECURE	94.90	94.90	94.90	94.90	94.90
Mc Nichols plc	MCNICHOLS		8.00	8.70	7.75	7.50
Meyer Plc	MEYER		20.60	20.60	20.60	20.60	20.60	20.60
Multiverse Plc	MULTIVERSE			25.65	25.65	25.50	25.50	25.50
National salt co. Nig. ltd	NASCON	220.00	210.00	220.00	219.50	219.50	219.50	219.50
N.E.M Insurance corp	NEM	30.00	30.00	32.90	30.00	34.00	29.00	29.00
NEIMETH International Pharmaceutical	NEIMETH		10.30	10.20	10.60	8.55	8.95	8.25
Nigerian Exchange	NGXGROUP		149.50	149.50	137.10	137.40	122.80	120.00
Nigerian Breweries	NB	86.95	86.00	83.60	80.00	80.00	79.00	72.50
Nigerian Real Estate Investment Trust	Nreit						103.00	103.00
Nestle Nigeria	NESTLE	3,125.00	3,125.00	3,125.00	3,125.00	3,125.00	3,125.00	3,125.00
Nigerian aviation handling ..hco	NAHCO	205.00	201.900	189.50	189.50	179.50
Nothern Nigerian Flour Mills	N.NIGERIAN FLOUR		79.40	79.40	79.40	79.40	79.40	79.40
NPF Microfinance Bank	NPFMCRF	5.76	5.76	5.74	5.45	5.45	4.90	5.00
NCR (Nigeria) PLC	NCR	179.00	161.20	161.20	161.20	161.20	161.20	161.20
Oando	OANDO		52.50	51.00	48.00	56.75	46.00	40.40
Okomu Oil Palm	OKOMUOI		1,750.00	1,750.00	1,750.00	1,575.00	1,418.00	1,418.00
Omatek Ventures Plc	OMATEK		1.90	1.99	2.08	2.00	1.97	1.96
Premier Paints plc	PREMIER PAINTS	37.50		33.75	33.75	33.75	33.75	30.40
Presco PLC	PRESCO	2,300.00	2,300.00	2,300.00	2,300.00	2,300.00	2,300.00	2,300.00
Prestige Assurance..	PRESTIGE	1.50	1.55	1.56	1.48	1.45	1.41	1.45
PZ Cussons Nigeria	PZ		102.00	98.00	94.95	94.95	94.95	94.95
Redstarex	REDSTAR	31.90	34.95	34.00	30.65	30.65	27.60	24.55
Regency Alliance Insurance	REDSTAR			1.01	1.01	1.02	0.97	0.79
RT Briscoe			14.06	13.65	14.86	13.55	13.10	11.80
Royal Exchange			1.48	1.50	1.55	1.50	1.53	1.31
Sterling Financial	STERLINGNG		7.90	7.90	7.95	7.90		7.75
SCOA Plc	SCOA	33.05	33.05	33.05	33.05	33.05	33.05	33.05
Secure Electronic Technology	SET	0.87	0.88	0.86	0.87		0.81
Seplat Petroleum	SEPLAT		11,486.20	11,486.20	11,363.90		11,363.90	11,363.90>
Sky Way Aviation Handling CO	SKYAVN		156.95	156.95	155.80	155.80	155.70	171.20
STANBIC IBTC Holdings..	IBTC	163.00	174.50	169.35	164.10	165.00	163.00	163.00
Soveriegn Trust Insurance plc	SOVERIEGN TRUST		2.28	2.75	2.50	2.51	2.16	1.96
SFS Real Estate Investment Trust	SFSREIT		418.17	418.80	418.80	418.80
Sunnu Assurance Ltd	SUNNU		4.52	4.44	4.48	3.97	3.61	3.60
STANDARD TRUST ASSURANCE PLC	STACOL					0.48
STERLING Financials Holding	STERLING FINANCIAL		7.90	7.90	7.95	7.90	7.75
Transnational Corperation of Nigeria	TRANSCORP		47.75	46.00	45.90	45.00	44.00	41.50
Trans Nationwide Express	TRANS EXPRESS		5.72	5.28	4.90	4.70	3.28
Transcorp Hotels plc	TRANSCOHOT			223.30	223.30	223.00	223.30	223.30
Transcorp Power Plc	TRANSCOP POWER		272.00	245.50	245.50	245.50	245.50	245.50
Tantalizer	TANTALIZER	4.38	4.13	4.89	4.65	4.70	4.40	4.15
Total Energies Marketing Nigeria plc	TOTAL		640.00	640.00	640.00	640.00	640.00	640.00
Tripple Gee and Company Ltd	TRIPPLE GEE		3.96	3.98	4.37	4.00	3.36	3.69
UBA	UBA		45.00	44.50	43.60	43.00	39.50	39.85
UH Investment Trust	UHOMREIT		84.70	84.70	84.70	70.00
United Capital	UCAP		18.50	18.65	18.65	18.10		17.45
Unilever Nigeria	UNILEVE		168.00	156.00	156.00	140.00	140.00	140.00
Union Dicon Salt PLC	UNION DICON		21.70	23.75	23.75	23.75	23.75	23.75
United Capital Plc	UNITED CAPITAL		18.50	18.65	18.65	18.10	18.00
UAC Of Nigeria	UACN		189.95	183.00	180.70	182.00	185.00	185.00
University Press Plc	UPL		6.40	6.15	5.10	5.50	5.45	5.70
Universal Insurance Plc	UNIVERSAL		1.08	1.12	1.11	1.07	1.03	1.01
Unity Bank plc	UNITYBNK			1.51	1.51	1.51	1.51	1.51
UPDC Real Estate Investment Trust	UPDC	10.70	10.15		10.10	3.90	3.25
Veritas Kapital Insurance PLC	VERITAS		1.67	1.65	1.64	1.58	1.49	1.45
VFD Group PLC	VFDGROUP		9.95	10.80	10.35	10.80	10.50	10.50
Vitafoam Nig	VITAFOAM		194.00	194.00	194.0	210.00	189.00	189.00
WAPIC Insurance	WAPIC							27.00
Wema Bank	WEMABANK		33.40	33.50	30.00	31.00	30.00	27.00
Zenith Bank	ZENITHB		132.00	131.10	128.00	130.00	110.00	114.95
Zichis Agro Allied	ZICHIS	29.43	33.65	33.00	32.38	31.00

China Freight Surge Puts Nigerian Manufacturers Under Fresh Pressure

 

Nigeria's manufacturing sector is facing a fresh wave of pressure as rising freight costs from China significantly increase the cost of importing raw materials, machinery, spare parts, and intermediate goods critical to local production.

For many manufacturers, the development could not have come at a worse time.

Already burdened by high energy costs, elevated interest rates, foreign exchange volatility, and declining consumer purchasing power, businesses are now confronting another obstacle that threatens profitability and competitiveness. The surge in shipping charges from China the source of a substantial share of Nigeria's industrial imports, is adding millions of naira to operating expenses and forcing companies to make difficult decisions.

Industry operators say the consequences are already being felt across several sectors, including pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, electronics, plastics, textiles, construction materials, and agro-processing.

 A New Cost Burden

Freight costs are a critical component of import pricing. When shipping charges rise, manufacturers pay more to bring goods into the country, increasing the landed cost of production inputs. For companies that rely heavily on imported raw materials, the impact can be severe.

Some firms are attempting to absorb the additional costs to protect market share, but many have little choice but to pass the burden on to consumers through higher product prices. This further fuels inflation and weakens household purchasing power at a time when many Nigerians are already struggling with rising living costs.

 

The result is a difficult cycle: higher import costs lead to higher product prices, reduced consumer demand, lower sales volumes, and shrinking profit margins.

 Manufacturing Under Multiple Pressures

The freight challenge comes on top of several structural issues confronting Nigerian industry.

a.     Electricity supply remains unreliable, forcing many factories to depend heavily on diesel and gas-powered generators. Energy costs have risen sharply in recent years, consuming a growing share of production budgets.

b.    Access to affordable financing also remains a major concern. High interest rates make it difficult for manufacturers to secure working capital and invest in expansion projects. At the same time, foreign exchange fluctuations continue to complicate procurement planning for companies that depend on imported inputs.

Taken together, these factors are creating a challenging business environment that many manufacturers describe as one of the most difficult in recent memory.

Threat to Industrial Growth

If sustained, rising freight costs could undermine Nigeria's industrialization ambitions. Manufacturing plays a vital role in economic development by creating jobs, supporting exports, generating tax revenue, and reducing dependence on imports. However, persistent cost pressures can discourage investment, slow production growth, and weaken the competitiveness of locally manufactured goods.

Small and medium-sized manufacturers are particularly vulnerable because they often lack the financial buffers available to larger corporations.

Some companies may reduce production volumes, delay expansion plans, or scale back workforce growth in order to manage rising costs.

Time for Local Solutions

The latest freight challenges also highlight the risks associated with excessive dependence on imported industrial inputs.

Economic analysts argue that Nigeria must accelerate efforts to develop domestic supply chains, encourage local production of raw materials, and strengthen industrial clusters that reduce reliance on overseas sourcing.

States can play a significant role by supporting agro-processing, petrochemical industries, steel production, packaging materials, and other sectors capable of supplying manufacturers locally.

 

Improved transport infrastructure, modern ports, stable electricity supply, and industrial parks powered by reliable energy sources would also help lower production costs.

Government Intervention: There is urgent need for Nigerian government to look into those most sought after or the most imported raw materials and goods by manufacturers, which  contributes immensely on Nigeria’s inflation. The government can curtail it by injecting funds to make those product subsidized and locally available for Nigerian manufacturers. There can be partnerships with private companies as well this goes a long way in reducing inflationary pressures associated with constant importation of raw materials.

Turning Crisis into Opportunity

While rising freight costs from China pose an immediate challenge, they also present an opportunity for policymakers to rethink Nigeria's industrial strategy.

The long-term solution may not lie solely in finding cheaper shipping routes but in building a more self-sufficient manufacturing ecosystem capable of producing a larger share of the materials and components currently imported from abroad.

As global supply chains become increasingly vulnerable to geopolitical tensions, shipping disruptions, and rising transportation costs, countries that strengthen domestic production capacity will be better positioned to withstand external shocks.

For Nigeria, the message is becoming increasingly clear: reducing dependence on imports is no longer just an industrial policy objective it is an economic necessity.

Unless urgent measures are taken to improve the business environment and support local production, manufacturers may continue to face mounting costs, consumers may endure higher prices, and the nation's industrial growth ambitions could come under increasing strain.