Top Trades - NGN Market API

Most traded NGX stocks

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

{
  "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": "2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

GET

market

top-trades

Most traded NGX stocks

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.ngnmarket.com/v1/market/top-trades \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

{
  "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": "2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

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"

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Pass your API key as a Bearer token: Authorization: Bearer ngm_live_YOUR_KEY. Generate keys at ngnmarket.com/dashboard/developer.

Query Parameters

date

string<date>

Trading date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Omit for the most recent available session.

Example:

"2026-04-17"

limit

integer

default:10

Number of stocks to return. Maximum is 50.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 50

Response

Top trades retrieved successfully.

success

boolean

required