The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) with 4.260 billion shares valued at ₦131.483 billion traded in 179,609 deals.
According to the weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos by the NGX, the ICT Industry followed with 769.239 million shares worth ₦45.315 billion in 61,820 deals and third place was the Investment Industry, with a turnover of 544.809 million shares worth ₦5.776 billion in 2,243 deals.
The report added that a total turnover of 7.075 billion shares worth ₦324.351 billion in 474,436 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 4.842 billion shares valued at ₦287.756 billion that exchanged hands last week in 332,453 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely Access Holdings Plc, VFD Group Plc and CWG Plc (measured by volume), accounted for 1.589 billion shares worth ₦30.098 billion in 24,954 deals, contributing 22.46% and 9.28% to the total equity turnover volume and value
A total of 7.586 million units valued at ₦1.107 billion were traded this week in 10,156 deals compared with a total of 5.665 million units valued at ₦640.483 million, transacted last week in 7,382 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 119,721 units valued at ₦122.184 million were traded this week in 30 deals compared with a total of 153,656 units valued at ₦156.875 million transacted last week in 43 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 0.71% to close the week at 244,775.83 and ₦157.094 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX CG, NGX Premium, NGX Pension, NGX AFR Bank Value, NGX MERI Growth, NGX MERI Value, NGX Oil & Gas, and NGX Commodity which depreciated by 0.26%, 1.69%, 0.60%, 2.12%, 0.16%, 2.80%, 3.27% and 2.26% respectively while NGX Sovereign Bond closed flat. ($1=N1364)
GIK/APA