History
The Nigerian Stock Exchange was founded in 1960 as the Lagos Stock Exchange. It started operations in Lagos in 1961 with 19 securities listed for trading. In December 1977 it became known as The Nigerian Stock Exchange, with branches established in some of the major commercial cities of the country.
There are now thirteen branches of The Nigerian Stock Exchange excluding the head office in Lagos. Each branch has an electronic trading floor. The head office in Lagos was opened in 1961; Kaduna (1978), Port Harcourt (1980), Kano (1989), Onitsha (February 1990), Ibadan (August 1990), Abuja (October 1999), Yola (April 2002), Benin (January 2005), Uyo (2007), Ilorin (2008), Abeokuta (2008), Owerri (October 2009)and Bauchi (2009).
The NSE continues to evolve to meet the needs of its valued customers, and to achieve the highest level of competitiveness. With about 200 companies and 258 Securities listed, The Exchange operates fair, orderly and transparent markets that bring together the best of African enterprises and the local and global investor communities. The Nigerian Stock Exchange is poised to champion the acceleration of Africa's economic development and to become “the Gateway to African Markets”.
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