The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart this week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange with 2.398 billion shares valued at N14.030 billion traded in 11,900 deals.
The weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos by the Nigerian Exchange showed that the Conglomerates Industry followed with 73.381 million shares worth N305.944 million in 996 deals.
The third place was the Consumer Goods Industry, with a turnover of 60.832 million shares worth N3.087 billion in 2,707 deals.
It added that a total turnover of 2.798 billion shares worth N23.859 billion in 22,970 deals was traded this week by investors in contrast to a total of 1.374 billion shares valued at N23.786 billion that exchanged hands last week in 28,809 deals.
Trading in the top three equities namely FCMB Group Plc, Unity Bank Plc, and FBN Holdings Plc accounted for 1.633 billion shares worth N5.486 billion in 1,395 deals, contributing 58.36% and 22.99% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
According to the report, a total of 17,399 units valued at N933,567 were traded this week in 24 deals compared with a total of 1.586 units valued at N24.867 million transacted last week in 22 deals.
In the Bonds, a total of 10,306 units valued at N10.780 billion were traded this week in 12 deals compared with a total of 136,800 units valued at N149.010 million transacted last week in 23 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 0.36% to close the week at 47,437.48 and N25.566 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Consumer goods, NGX Oil/Gas and NGX Industrial Goods, which depreciated by 0.52%, 2.22% and 0.13% respectively While NGX AseM, NGX Growth and NGX Sovereign bond indices closed flat. ($1=N410)
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