The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart this week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange with 2.179 billion shares valued at N30.667 billion traded in 25,260 deals.
The weekly report released on Friday in Lagos by the Exchange showed that the Industrial Goods Industry followed with 246.921 million shares worth N2.039 billion in 2,068 deals, while the third place was the Oil and Gas Industry, with a turnover of 107.218 million shares worth N1.704 billion in 3,128 deals.
It added that a total turnover of 2.827 billion shares worth N42.366 billion in 44,277 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 2.765 billion shares valued at N85.230 billion that exchanged hands last week in 40,796 deals.
Trading in the top three equities namely Jaiz Bank Plc, Cutix Plc and FCMB Group Plc (measured by volume) accounted for 1.140 billion shares worth N4.632 billion in 2,701 deals, contributing 40.32% and 10.93% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
According to the report, a total of 314,760 units valued at N9.459 million were traded this week in 177 deals compared with a total of 34,257 units valued at N4.415 million transacted last week in 97 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 640,759 units valued at N683.018 million were traded this week in 24 deals compared with a total of 44,558 units valued at N40.993 million transacted last week in 20 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 0.87% and 0.86% to close the week at 100,539.40 and N56.929 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Banking, NGX Insurance, NGX AFR Bank Value, NGX Consumer Goods, NGX Oil and Gas, NGX Growth and NGX Sovereign Bond which depreciated by 0.05%, 4.86%, 0.07% 0.20%, 0.10%, 0.43% and 4.35% respectively while the NGX ASeM index closed flat. ($1=N1584)
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Financial Services Industry dominates trading at Nigerian bourse
