Stock Trading Daily Digest – December 17, 2025

Today’s Stock Market update 📈. Catch the top movers across Nigeria, Africa, and global equities.

1. 🇳🇬 Port Harcourt Refinery was sabotaged over 100 times during repairs – Dangote – Nairametrics
2. 🇳🇬 LASACO Assurance seeks to triple share capital to N36.08 billion – Nairametrics
3. OpenAI in talks with Amazon about investment that could exceed $10 billion
4. Trump designates Venezuela government a ‘terrorist’ regime, orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers
5. 🇳🇬 Oil prices slide to $58 a barrel, lowest level since February 2021
6. 🇳🇬 Nigeria activates plans for T+1 settlement as SEC unveils broad market reforms
7. Good news already priced into markets, investors urged to be cautious – Business Day
8. Botswana probes reports of youths drawn into Russia’s war in Ukraine – Business Day
9. Rising Unemployment Adds Pressure on the Fed to Consider More Rate Cuts – Investopedia
10. Markets News, Dec. 16, 2025: S&P 500, Dow Fall After Jobs Data Shows Surprising Rise in Unemployment; Nasdaq Ticks Higher to Snap Losing Streak – Investopedia
11. The Video of Dumb Investment – Bloomberg.com
12. The Warner Deal Will Take a While – Bloomberg.com
13. Shares meander after US jobs data, oil jumps on Venezuela blockade – Reuters
14. Wall St ends mixed, healthcare and energy stocks weigh on S&P – Reuters
15. Kushner’s Affinity Withdraws From Warner Bros. Takeover – Yahoo Finance
16. Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 slip, Nasdaq snaps three-day losing streak as Tesla climbs to record – Yahoo Finance
17. 🇳🇬 Anambra vows to reclaim illegally acquired land, approves N530.3m for infrastructure
18. 🇳🇬 Tinubu meets labour leaders over proposed protest
19. Stocks Sink in Broad AI Rout Sparked by China’s DeepSeek
20. Comex Gold, Silver Settle Lower
21. Private market marks, say hello to public markets – Financial Times
22. Betting on prediction markets has exploded over past two years – Financial Times
23. October And November Jobs Report: Noisy, Not Recessionary
24. Goldman Sachs Large Cap Value Fund Q3 2025 Commentary
25. NGX ICT stocks soar in 2025 as market cap rises to N18.6tn – Nairametrics
26. Mr President, Nigeria’s Future depends on a national GPT Strategy – Nairametrics
27. FirstHoldCo, Guinness, Mecure gain 10% as All-Share Index ends flat – Nairametrics
28. Data Centres emerge fastest-growing Real Estate Asset in Lagos – Report – Nairametrics
29. Market Views Archives – Nairametrics
30. Loan dispute: Abuja Court dismisses Miden Systems’ multi-million-Dollar case against Sterling Bank – Nairametrics

That’s it for today’s stock market roundup! Which market do you think will rally next? 🚀