How to read a stock page

1. The quote hero: what is the price doing?

The top of every stock page shows the current price and the day's change, green for up, red for down. Directly underneath, a freshness line tells you exactly what you are looking at, e.g. "As of the 16 Oct 2026 close · 16:00 WAT." During market hours prices are delayed about 30 minutes; after hours you see the last official close. If the line ever looks stale, the data feed is the thing to doubt, not your eyes.

2. The sub-nav: jump anywhere

A sticky bar sits under the price with six jumps: Overview, Chart, History, How to buy, FAQ, Related. On a long page it saves you scrolling; on a stock you already know, it drops you straight at the chart or the buy steps.

3. "What’s happening": the plain-English summary

Right below the nav, a short block translates the numbers into sentences: how far the price moved today, the trend over the last 7 days, and where the price sits inside its tracked range. It opens with a one-line verdict ("Our read"), generated from the same data as the price above, so the words and the numbers can never disagree. It is a data summary, not investment advice.

4. Key statistics: the 13 numbers that matter

Previous close, open, day high, day low: the session's skeleton. Open, high and low fill in live during trading hours.

Volume, avg volume, value traded: how many shares changed hands today, what is normal, and the total naira exchanged. Thin volume means the price can jump on small orders.

Market cap, shares outstanding: what the whole company is worth, and how many shares that value is split across.

7-day change, high/low tracked: the recent trend and the highest and lowest closes since tracking began.

Sector: the industry group, linking to its peers.

Any label with a dotted underline shows its definition when you tap it. The full list lives in the NGX glossary.

5. The chart and the history table

The price chart plots daily closing prices, with range buttons to zoom from one month to the full tracked history. These are daily closes, not intraday wiggles: each point is one finished session. Below it, the historical data table lists every tracked session newest-first with real dates, so you can verify any move yourself.

6. How to buy, FAQ, related stocks

How to buy walks through the practical steps for that stock: broker, CSCS account, funding, placing a limit order. The FAQ answers the questions people actually ask about the company, with prices refreshed every market day. Related stocks points you at peers in the same sector for comparison, and the compare tool puts them side by side.

A worked example: 30 seconds on a page

Open any stock page and read top to bottom: price and day change (hero), the one-line verdict ("What’s happening"), then market cap and 7-day change (key statistics). In half a minute you know what it costs, what it did today, how big the company is, and which way it has been drifting. Everything below, the chart, history, FAQs, is there when you want depth.

New to the market entirely? Start with how shares work, then come back here.