The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart this week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) with 1.742 billion shares valued at N44.893 billion traded in 90,589 deals.
According to the weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos by the NGX, the Services Industry followed with 707.617 million shares worth N4.379 billion in 18,322 deals, while the third place was the ICT Industry, with a turnover of 303.216 million shares worth 5.932 billion in 24,107 deals.
The report added that a total turnover of 3.748 billion shares worth N99.865 billion in 237,179 deals was traded this week in contrast to a total of 4.607 billion shares valued at N130.636 billion that exchanged hands last week in 263,439 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely Secure Electronic Technology Plc, Tantalizers Plc Access Holdings Plc (measured by volume), accounted for 734.086 million shares worth N5.720 billion in 15,726 deals, contributing 19.59% and 5.73% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
It stated that a total of 1.920 million units valued at N393.280 million were traded this week in 2,509 deals compared with a total of 1.189 million units valued at N191.945 million transacted last week in 1,927 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 45,386 units valued at N48.053 million were traded this week in 22 deals compared with a total of 104,111 units valued at N111.736 million transacted last week in 27 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.39% and 0.37% to close the week at 165,512.18 and N105.959 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Oil & Gas, NGX Lotus ll, NGX Growth and NGX Commodity indices which appreciated by 1.36%, 0.37%, 6.27% and 0.79% respectively. ($1=N1421)
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