The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart this week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) with 2.006 billion shares valued at ₦99.697 billion traded in 96,171 deals.
The weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos showed that the Consumer Goods Industry followed with 178.863 million shares worth ₦7.872 billion in 26,637 deals, while the third place was the Oil and Gas Industry, with a turnover of 151.237 million shares worth ₦38.309 billion in 16,879 deals.
According to the report, a total turnover of 2.819 billion shares worth ₦182.499 billion in 226,729 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 3.648 billion shares valued at ₦220.568 billion that exchanged hands last week in 251,861 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely First Holdco Plc, FCMB Group Plc and Access Holdings Plc accounted for 939.402 million shares worth ₦57.673 billion in 19,051 deals, contributing 33.33% and 31.60% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
The report added that a total of 2.320 million units valued at ₦518.995 million were traded this week in 5,354 deals compared with a total of 2.034 million units valued at ₦576.010 million, transacted last week in 6,301 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 344,753 units valued at ₦371.775 million were traded this week in 62 deals compared with a total of 339,828 units valued at ₦294.840 million transacted last week in 56 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index depreciated by 0.14% while the Market Capitalization appreciated by 0.39% to close the week at 243,462.13 and ₦157.057 trillion respectively.
All other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Main Board, NGX Consumer Goods, NGX Oil & Gas, NGX Lotus II, NGX Industrial Goods, NGX Growth and NGX Sovereign Bond indices which depreciated by 1.54%, 0.15%, 0.11%, 0.40%, 6.26%, 0.09%,and 0.33% respectively while NGX Commodity Index closed flat. ($1=N1380)
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