The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) this week with 4.774 billion shares valued at ₦196.352 billion traded in 153,515 deals.
According to the weekly report released on Friday in Lagos by the NGX, the ICT Industry followed with 1.118 billion shares worth ₦57.825 billion in 44,622 deals, while the third place was the Services Industry, with a turnover of 601.745 million shares worth ₦6.984 billion in 27,653 deals.
A total turnover of 7.772 billion shares worth ₦374.040 billion in 402,945 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 7.075 billion shares valued at ₦324.351 billion that exchanged hands last week in 474,436 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely FirstHoldCo Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc and Chams Holding Company Plc (measured by volume), accounted for 2.195 billion shares worth ₦99.820 billion in 30,056 deals, contributing 28.24% and 26.69% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
A total of 7.660 million units valued at ₦1.177 billion were traded this week in 10,018 deals compared with a total of 7.586 million units valued at ₦1.107 billion, transacted last week in 10,156 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 290,830 units valued at ₦306.571 million were traded this week in 34 deals compared with a total of 119,721 units valued at ₦122.184 million transacted last week in 30 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 2.27% and 2.13% to close the week at 250,330.92 and ₦160.444 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Oil & Gas, NGX Sovereign Bond and NGX Commodity which depreciated by 1.19%, 0.08% and 0.80% respectively. ($1=N1372)
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