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NGX Midday Update July 1, 2026 · Green Ticker Tales

• 0:00
  Cheers, today's midday update. At the moment, the all-share index is down by 1.28%. The index measures the average performance of stocks. The top gainers at the moment are Regency Alliance Insurance, Sovereign Trust Insurance, and Mutual Benefits Assurance. Regency Alliance is trading at 92.00, up 9.52%. Sovereign Trust Insurance is trading at 2.96, up by 7.85%. And then you have Mutual Benefits Assurance trading at 3.37.
• 0:28
  up by 6.31%. On the flip side, Aradale, McNichols, and Livestock Feeds are the worst-performing stocks at the moment. Aradale trading at 1,275 naira, 80 kubo a share, down by 10%. McNichols is also down by 10%, trading at 7.65 naira. And then you have Livestock Feeds trading at 7.20 naira, down by 9.43%.
• 0:54
  So let's switch lanes, ladies and gentlemen. Let's go look at some of the key corporate disclosures dropped so far on the NGX corporate disclosure portal. That portal runs 247, 365 days a year. So I think the most important disclosure so far is from Academy Press. Academy Press dropped its audited numbers for the year ended March 2026. So let's see what we have in terms of top line.
• 1:24
  and bottom line the firm made 4.4 billion naira in revenue a slight dip from the same period last year or last financial year and then a profit after tax of 253.3 million naira down sharply from the 716.4 million naira made in its fy 2025 the company has recommended the dividend payment of 10 kubo per share so that is the major corporate disclosure
• 1:53
  I sent so far. You had a couple of board meeting notices. I don't think that's key right now. We can probably look into those as the time draws near. So, let's go back to the market. Most actively traded stocks by volume and value. On the volume side of things, you have Sterling, UPDC, and Honeywell Flower. Sterling with 100 million shares traded. UPDC with...
• 2:20
  39.3 million shares traded. And then third place is Honeywell Flower with 33 million shares traded, which is an unusually large volume. In fact, for UPDC and Honeywell Flower, trading over 30 million shares is an unusually large volume for both stocks. On the value side of things, you have Aradale Sterling and Zenit Bank. Aradale with 1.15 billion Naira worth of shares traded. Sterling Holdco with 795.7 billion Naira worth of shares traded.
• 2:49
  And then Zenit Bank closely following with 757.2 million naira worth of shares traded. What else do we need to see? So let's start with the premium side, the premium board. It's a mixed range so far. You have assets in the green. You have first hold core in the green. And then you have UB in the green. The rest of the premium board is in the red. So assets in the green trading at 22 naira, 50 kubo. Thank God it's the main trading at.
• 3:17
  889 now i share bangladesh cement is in the red first of all to go in the green current price 58 naira 50 couple share mtn nigeria trading at 719.4 mtn in the red uh seplat at 10 227.6 trading in the red uba in the green or by 40 couple trainer 38 90 couple and then you have wapco and zenith bank in the red both of them trading at critical zones especially if they close here wapco trading at 293 naira
• 3:47
  down at the 300 naira psychological level and then you have zenith bank at 109 zenith bank at 109 down by one hour you can't talk zenith and not talk gtco so let's go see what gtco is doing at the moment uh gtco ladies and gentlemen is in the red g2 gtco currently trading at 122 naira 90 couple a share i will go to the bottom let's see what wema is doing
• 4:16
  Weima Bank also in the red, down by 30 cobalt, trading at 25 naira, 70 cobalt a share. Since it's close by, we see UPDC up by 20 cobalt, trading at 3 naira, 40 cobalt a share. So, ladies and gentlemen, as we wrap up, let's go see the growth side of things. On the growth side of things, you have McNichols in the red, trading at 7 naira, 70 cobalt, down by 80 cobalt.
• 4:43
  I have tip in the red $3,926.45 and Zichis in the green all by $25 as Zichis $3,924.45 a share. I thank you for listening. See you at market close.