The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange this week with 1.801 billion shares valued at N22.030 billion traded in 23,112 deals.
The weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos by the Exchange showed that the Oil and Gas Industry followed with 121.001 million shares worth N1.771 billion in 3,124 deals, while the third place was the Conglomerates Industry, with a turnover of 90.713 million shares worth N1.081 billion in 2,277 deals.
A total turnover of 2.259 billion shares worth N31.166 billion in 42,851 deals was traded this week by investors, in contrast to a total of 2.651 billion shares valued at N49.976 billion that exchanged hands last week in 41,610 deals.
The report added that trading in the top three equities namely Fidelity Bank Plc, Universal Insurance Plc and Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc accounted for 909.821 million shares worth N12.057 billion in 4,798 deals, contributing 40.28% and 38.69% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
A total of 1.418 million units valued at N51.743 million were traded this week in 98 deals compared with a total of 96,553 units valued at N8.945 million transacted last week in 146 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 84,668 units valued at N78.881 million were traded this week in 34 deals compared with a total of 302,775 units valued at N304.005 million transacted last week in 70 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.04% to close the week at 100,022.03 and N56.581 trillion respectively.
All other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX 30, NGX Premium, NGX MERI Value, NGX Consumer Goods, NGX Lotus II, and NGX Pension Broad which depreciated by 0.27%, 0.52%, 0.01% 0.69%, 0.56% and 0.07% respectively while the NGX ASeM and NGX Sovereign Bond indices closed flat.
($1=N1517)
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Financial Services Industry dominates trading at Nigerian bourse
