The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart this week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange with 899.768 million shares valued at N7.325 billion traded in 9,326 deals.
The weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos by the Nigerian Exchange showed that the Consumer Goods Industry followed with 209.502 million shares worth N2.796 billion in 2,866 deals.
The third place was The Conglomerates Industry, with a turnover of 93.813 million shares worth N663.135 million in 485 deals.
It added that a total turnover of 1.317 billion shares worth N15.330 billion in 18,292 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 2.630 billion shares valued at N26.900 billion that exchanged hands last week in 20,848 deals.
Trading in the top three equities namely FBN Holdings Plc, International Breweries Plc and Access Bank Plc (measured by volume) accounted for 469.879 million shares worth N4.170 billion in 1,958 deals, contributing 35.68% and 27.20% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
According to the report, a total of 20 units valued at N231.30 were traded this week in 2 deals compared with a total of 47 units valued at N208,310.73 transacted last week in 6 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 15,560 units valued at N15.985 million were traded this week in 11 deals compared with a total of 32,269 units valued at N32.476 million transacted last week in 17 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 1.12% and 1.16% to close the week at 42,353.31 and N22.107 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Main Board, NGX Banking, NGX AFR Bank Value, NGX AFR Div Yield, NGX MERI Growth and NGX Oil/Gas indices which depreciated by 0.22%, 1.82%, 2.23%, 0.08%, 0.85% and 0.57% respectively while the NGX ASeM, NGX Growth and NGX Sovereign Bond Indices closed flat. ($1=N410)
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