The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian exchange with 487.150 million shares valued at N4.229 billion traded in 7,527.
The weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos said that the Conglomerates Industry followed with 61.896 million shares worth N77.471 million in 396 deals, while the third place was the Consumer Goods Industry, with a turnover of 40.042 million shares worth N1.243 billion in 2,713 deals.
It added that a total turnover of 694.376 million shares worth N8.667 billion in 15,418 deals was traded this week by investors in contrast to a total of 1.101 billion shares valued at N11.714 billion that exchanged hands last week in 15,697 deals.
According to the report, trading in the top three equities namely Access Holdings Plc, Transnational Corporation Plc and Fidelity Bank Plc accounted for 232.923 million shares worth N1.237 billion in 1,316 deals, contributing 33.54% and 14.27% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
A total of 7,014 units valued at N495,893.36 were traded this week in 34 deals compared with a total of 4,379 units valued at N622,934.20 transacted last week in 33 deals.
In Bonds section, a total of 58,708 units valued at N58.646 million were traded this week in 21 deals compared with a total of 23,819 units valued at N24.622 million transacted last week in 16 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 1.22% to close the week at 44,492.73 and N24.234 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Insurance, NGX Consumer Goods, NGX Oil & Gas, NGX Lotus II and NGX Industrial Good, which depreciated by 1.34%, 1.05%, 0.84%, 0.19% and 0.66% respectively, while the NGX ASeM, NGX Growth and NGX Sovereign Bond indices closed flat. ($1=N442)
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