The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange with 1.296 billion shares valued at N26.914 billion traded in 29,140 deals.
The weekly report of transactions released on Friday by the Exchange showed that the Services industry followed with 129.443 million shares worth N719.218 million in 3,657 deals, while the Third place was the Consumer Goods Industry, with a turnover of 116.696 million shares worth N4.185 billion in 7,452 deals.
According to the report, the total turnover of 1.848 billion shares worth N51.387 billion in 63,090 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 2.001 billion shares valued at N49.486 billion that exchanged hands last week in 70,853 deals.
Trading in the top three equities namely Zenith Bank Plc, FCMB Group Plc and Access Holdings Plc (measured by volume) accounted for 539.768 million shares worth N16.528 billion in 7,392 deals, contributing 29.21% and 32.16% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
The report added that a total of 42,786 units valued at N16.133 million were traded this week in 81 deals compared with a total of 69,731 units valued at N4.711 million transacted last week in 103 deals
In the Bonds section, a total of 346,089 units valued at N351.766 million were traded this week in 34 deals compared with a total of 231,313 units valued at N253.012 million transacted last week in 29 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.62% to close the week at 107,821.39 and N67.193 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX AseM, NGX Oil and Gas, NGX Lotus II, NGX Sovereign Bond and NGX Commodity which appreciated by 0.04%, 0.60%, 0.33%, 0.81% and 0.53% respectively.
($1=N1500)
GIK/APA