Most traded NGX stocks
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"data": {
"date": "2026-04-17",
"data": [
{
"rank": 1,
"symbol": "DANGCEM",
"company_name": "Dangote Cement",
"logo_url": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ngnmarket/ngx-logos/dist/png/DANGCEM.png",
"sector": "Industrial Goods",
"market_cap": 4872900000000,
"volume": 12847291,
"value_traded": 1821093847,
"price": 302.5,
"price_change_percent": 1.34,
"trades": 2041
},
{
"rank": 2,
"symbol": "GTCO",
"company_name": "Guaranty Trust Holding Co.",
"logo_url": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ngnmarket/ngx-logos/dist/png/GTCO.png",
"sector": "Banking",
"market_cap": 1562000000000,
"volume": 9183047,
"value_traded": 487291034,
"price": 53.05,
"price_change_percent": -0.47,
"trades": 1802
}
]
},
"meta": {
"plan": "starter",
"calls_used": 102,
"calls_remaining": 99898,
"reset_at": "2026-05-15T23:57:00.000Z"
}
}Market Endpoints
Top Trades
Retrieve the most actively traded NGX stocks.
GET
/
market
/
top-trades
Most traded NGX stocks
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"data": {
"date": "2026-04-17",
"data": [
{
"rank": 1,
"symbol": "DANGCEM",
"company_name": "Dangote Cement",
"logo_url": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ngnmarket/ngx-logos/dist/png/DANGCEM.png",
"sector": "Industrial Goods",
"market_cap": 4872900000000,
"volume": 12847291,
"value_traded": 1821093847,
"price": 302.5,
"price_change_percent": 1.34,
"trades": 2041
},
{
"rank": 2,
"symbol": "GTCO",
"company_name": "Guaranty Trust Holding Co.",
"logo_url": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ngnmarket/ngx-logos/dist/png/GTCO.png",
"sector": "Banking",
"market_cap": 1562000000000,
"volume": 9183047,
"value_traded": 487291034,
"price": 53.05,
"price_change_percent": -0.47,
"trades": 1802
}
]
},
"meta": {
"plan": "starter",
"calls_used": 102,
"calls_remaining": 99898,
"reset_at": "2026-05-15T23:57:00.000Z"
}
}This endpoint returns a ranked list of the most actively traded NGX securities for a trading session, ordered by naira value traded. Pass a
date (YYYY-MM-DD) to retrieve data for a specific session; omit it to get the most recent available day.
Each entry includes the stock symbol, company name, logo_url, sector, market_cap, share volume, naira value, closing price, price change percentage, and trade count. Use this endpoint to surface the day’s most liquid names or to power a market-activity widget.
For a specific session, pass date as YYYY-MM-DD:
curl "https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades?date=2026-04-17" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ngm_live_YOUR_KEY"
const url = new URL('https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades');
url.searchParams.set('date', '2026-04-17');
const res = await fetch(url, {
headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ngm_live_YOUR_KEY' },
});
const { data } = await res.json();
import requests
res = requests.get(
'https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades',
params={'date': '2026-04-17'},
headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer ngm_live_YOUR_KEY'},
)
data = res.json()['data']
Authorizations
Pass your API key as a Bearer token: Authorization: Bearer ngm_live_YOUR_KEY.
Generate keys at ngnmarket.com/dashboard/developer.
Query Parameters
Trading date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Omit for the most recent available session.
Example:
"2026-04-17"
Number of stocks to return. Maximum is 50.
Required range:
1 <= x <= 50