Big move · Australia stocks
NexGen Energy Ltd. (NXG) jumps 7.8% to AUD 12.34
Its biggest one-day rise in 4 months, on 1.9 times its 20-day average volume.
- Close
- AUD 12.34
- On the day
- +7.8%
- Volume
- 1.9× average
- vs 52-week high
- −36.8%
NexGen Energy Ltd. closing prices
The last 90 closes up to 16 October 2026. The live chart is on the NXG page.
What happened
NexGen Energy Ltd. (NXG) closed at AUD 12.34 on 16 October 2026, up 7.8% from AUD 11.44 the session before.
It was NXG's biggest one-day rise in 4 months. Over 5 sessions the price is up 0.4%, and over 20 sessions it is down 7.9%.
The close is 36.8% below the highest close of the past year (AUD 19.52 on 29 Jan 2026) and 7.8% above the lowest (AUD 11.44 on 15 Oct 2026).
Trading was heavy: volume was 1.9 times its average of the sessions before.
Across the 29 ASX stocks we track, 18 closed higher and 9 closed lower that day, with a median change of +0.95%. NXG's change was +7.8%.
This page reports what the price and volume data show. It does not say why the price moved.
The numbers
| Previous close | AUD 11.44 |
|---|---|
| Close | AUD 12.34 |
| Change on the day | +7.82% |
| Change over 5 sessions | +0.45% |
| Change over 20 sessions | −7.88% |
| Volume | 1.18 Million |
| Average volume, up to 20 sessions before | 616,327 |
| Volume against that average | 1.9 times |
| Highest close in the past year | AUD 19.52 (29 Jan 2026) |
| Lowest close in the past year | AUD 11.44 (15 Oct 2026) |
The full chart and history are on NexGen Energy Ltd. (NXG). More from this market: ASX news today.