The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) says the total transactions in the equity market decreased to N908 billion in August – down from N1.81 trillion in July.
In its ‘Domestic & Foreign Portfolio Investment Report’ on Tuesday, the NGX said the figure represents a decrease of 49.95 percent.
“As at 31 August 2025, total transactions at the nation’s bourse decreased by 49.95% from N1.8150 trillion (about $1.835 billion) in July to N908.38 billion (about $593 million) in August,” NGX said.
“The performance of the current month, when compared to the performance in August 2024 (N379.52 billion), revealed that total transactions increased significantly by 139.35%.”
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The bourse also said in August 2025, the total value of transactions executed by domestic investors outperformed transactions executed by foreign investors by around 62 percent.
The report further showed that domestic investors accounted for 81.09 percent or N736 billion transactions compared to N1.6 trillion recorded in the previous month, representing a 55 percent decrease.
On the other hand, foreign investors recorded 18.91 percent or N171 billion transactions in August – up from the N145 billion recorded in July by 17.72 percent.
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Further analysis showed that foreign inflow increased to N95.14 billion in August, while outflow dropped to N76.67 billion.
More so, the firm said domestic inflow stood at N360.56 billion in August, while outflow was N376 billion.
Analysing domestic transactions, the NGX said institutional investors outperformed retail investors by 6 percent.
“A comparison of domestic transactions in the current and prior month (July 2025) revealed that retail transactions decreased by 33.46% from N516.50 billion in July 2025 to N343.67 billion in August 2025,” the report said.
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The NGX added that the institutional investment composition of the domestic market decreased significantly by 65.91 percent from N1.15 trillion in July to N392.90 billion in August 2025.
