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Learn the NGX, from zero.

Five short lessons take you from “what is a stock?” to your first order.

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New to the NGX? Take the 5-step path

Five short lessons that take you from “what is a stock?” to your first order, in order, about five minutes each.

  1. What is the Nigerian Exchange?

    The marketplace, the All-Share Index, trading hours, and who regulates what.

  2. How shares work

    Dividends, capital gains, why prices move, and the risk, stated plainly.

  3. Stockbrokers and CSCS accounts

    How you actually hold shares: BVN, valid ID, and the electronic vault.

  4. How to buy your first stock

    Account → fund → limit order → confirm. What fees to expect.

  5. Mistakes new investors make

    The seven classic ways beginners lose money, and how to dodge each one.

Know the market

Session timing and direct routes to official NGX information.

Regular trading window · WAT
09:00–16:00

The extended seven-hour session took effect on 27 April 2026. The opening phase begins before continuous trading.

Pre-open09:00
Continuous trading09:30–16:00

SECTOR GUIDES

Understand a sector before you buy into it

One sector at a time, in plain English, starting with the market’s engine room.

Nigerian banking stocks, compared

  • GTCO, Zenith, First HoldCo, UBA, Access Holdings and Stanbic IBTC side by side: P/E, yields, earnings trends and verdicts.