The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart this week on the floor of the Nigerian exchange with 859.019 million shares valued at N6.691 billion traded in 8,157 deals.
The weekly report released on Friday in Lagos by the Exchange said that the Conglomerates Industry followed with 96.989 million shares worth N109.622 million in 425 deals, while the third place was the Oil & Gas Industry, with a turnover of 40.897 million shares worth N367.117 million in 1,065 deals.
It added that a total turnover of 1.101 billion shares worth N11.714 billion in 15,697 deals was traded this week by investors in contrast to a total of 1.410 billion shares valued at N15.510 billion that exchanged hands last week in 19,025 deals.
Trading in the top three equities namely Access Holdings Plc, Sterling Bank Plc and Transnational Corporation Plc. (measured by volume) accounted for 577.512 million shares worth N2.761 billion in 1,132 deals, contributing 52.44% and 23.57% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
According to the report, a total of 4,379 units valued at N622,934.20 were traded this week in 33 deals compared with a total of 4,577 units valued at N531,565.05 transacted last week in 28 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 23,819 units valued at N24.622 million were traded this week in 16 deals compared with a total of 121,712 units valued at N119.220 million transacted last week in 16 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.68% to close the week at 43,968.75 and N23.949 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Banking, NGX-AFR Bank Value, NGX AFR Div. Yield and NGX MERI Value, which appreciated by 0.17%, 0.38%, 1.10% and 0.20% respectively, while the NGX ASeM, NGX Growth and NGX Sovereign Bond indices closed flat. ($1=N440)
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