The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX) this week with 1.111 billion shares valued at ₦53.908 billion traded in 81,787 deals.
According to the report of the weekly trading released on Friday in Lagos, the Consumer Goods Industry followed with 394.039 million shares worth ₦9.811 billion in 17,912 deals, while the third place was the Agriculture Industry, with a turnover of 147.170 million shares worth ₦2.821 billion in 7,462 deals.
A total turnover of 2.024 billion shares worth ₦110.773 billion in 173,113 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 1.659 billion shares valued at ₦98.088 billion that exchanged hands last week in 184,632 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely Multitrex Integrated Foods Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, and Livestock Feeds Plc (measured by volume), accounted for 521.565 million shares worth ₦19.093 billion in 16,487 deals, contributing 25.76% and 17.24% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
The report added that a total of 1.128 million units valued at ₦244.251 million were traded this week in 3,298 deals compared with a total of 2.040 million units valued at ₦447.270 million, transacted last week in 4,218 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 234,682 units valued at ₦226.306 million were traded this week in 65 deals compared with a total of 2.643 million units valued at ₦2.641 billion transacted last week in 56 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.13% to close the week at 247,222.27 and ₦160.519 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX CG, NGX Premium, NGX Industrial Goods, NGX Growth and NGX Pension Broad indices which appreciated by 0.04%, 0.80%, 1.95%, 0.04% and 0.03% respectively while NGX Sovereign Bond Index closed flat.
GIK/APA