The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) this week with 1.523 billion shares valued at ₦47.542 billion traded in 105,230 deals.
According to the weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos by the NGX, the ICT Industry followed with 198.821 million shares worth ₦32.622 billion in 29,905 deals, while the third place was the Consumer Goods Industry, with a turnover of 151.635 million shares worth ₦10.933 billion in 23,951 deals.
The report stated that a total turnover of 2.324 billion shares worth ₦134.486 billion in 249,328 deals was traded this week by investors, in contrast to a total of 3.075 billion shares valued at ₦254.614 billion that exchanged hands last week in 287,157 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely Access Holdings Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc and Chams Holding Company Plc accounted for 485.749 million shares worth ₦7.656 billion in 17,843 deals, contributing 20.90% and 5.69% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
It added that a total of 3.017 million units valued at ₦643.966 million were traded this week in 6,615 deals compared with a total of 3.625 million units valued at ₦739.290 million, transacted last week in 7,119 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 185,340 units valued at ₦191.483 million were traded this week in 36 deals compared with a total of 151,573 million units valued at ₦160.590 million transacted last week in 34 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 1.65% and 1.60% to close the week at 232,049.02 and ₦148.905 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX CG, NGX Banking, NGX AFR Bank Value, NGX AFR Div Yield and NGX MERI Value which appreciated by 2.40%, 3.51%, 3.28%, 9.93% and 0.56% respectively. ($1=N1382)
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