The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) with 2.651 billion shares valued at N35.957 billion traded in 93,706 deals.
According to the weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos, the Services Industry followed with 369.963 million shares worth N3.383 billion in 16,521 deals, while the third place was the ICT Industry, with a turnover of 297.938 million shares worth N5.727 billion in 21,548 deals.
A total turnover of 4.164 billion shares worth N94.026 billion in 248,254 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 7.821 billion shares valued at N134.471 billion that exchanged hands last week in 150,799 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely Universal Insurance Plc, Linkage Assurance Plc and Access Holdings Plc, accounted for 1.261 billion shares worth N5.060 billion in 13,819 deals, contributing 30.28% and 5.38% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
It added that a total of 604,668 units valued at N138.521 million were traded this week in 1,480 deals compared with a total of 4.667 million units valued at N316.331 million transacted last week in 968 deals
In the Bonds section, a total of 93,349 units valued at N94.735 million were traded this week in 24 deals compared with a total of 46,845 units valued at N48.790 million transacted last week in 23 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 3.71% and 3.84% to close the week at 162,298.08 and N103.776 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Sovereign Bond index which closed flat ($1=N1424)
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