The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) with 970.560 million shares valued at N6.779 billion traded in 10,876 deals.
The weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos by the NSE showed that the Conglomerates Industry followed with 234.966 million shares worth N387.565 million in 1,320 deals, while the third place was Consumer Goods Industry, with a turnover of 61.614 million shares worth N974.254 million in 2,818 deals.
It added that a total turnover of 1.441 billion shares worth N10.883 billion in 19,614 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 1.602 billion shares valued at N42.142 billion that exchanged hands last week in 19,507 deals.
According to the report, trading in the top three equities namely FBN Holdings Plc, Transnational Corporation Of Nigeria Plc and Access Bank Plc accounted for 603.939 million shares worth N2.963 billion in 3,618 deals, contributing 41.91% and 27.23 to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
It explained that a total of 60,447 units valued at N1.069 million were traded this week in 20 deals compared with a total of 262,526 units valued at N4.187 million transacted last week in 38 deals. s/n Security Deals Volume Value
In the Bonds section, a total of 44,354 units valued at N46.342 million were traded this week in 19 deals compared with a total of 70,316 units valued at N78.374 million transacted last week in 22 deals.
The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 1.36% to close the week at 39,834.42 and N20.847 trillion respectively.
All other indices finished higher with the exception of NSE CG, NSE Banking, NSE-AFR Bank Value, NSE AFR Div Yield , NSE MERI Value, NSE Consumer Goods, NSE Growth Index and NSE Sovereign Bond Index which depreciated by 0.15%, 2.09%, 1.87%, 0,76%, 2.77%,0.02% 0.46% and 7.09% respectively, while the NSE ASeM Index closed flat. ($1=N380)
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