The Industrial Goods led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange with 4.923 billion shares valued at N331.999 billion traded in 2,969 deals.
The weekly report of transactions released on Friday by the Nigerian Exchange showed that the Financial Services industry followed with 2.092 billion shares worth N 31.744 billion in 32,421deals, while third place was the Services Industry, with a turnover of 198.775 million shares worth N788,669 million in 3,450 deals.
A total turnover of 7.521 billion shares worth N398.949 billion in 61,312 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 2.902 billion shares valued at N48.064 billion that exchanged hands last week in 57,044 deals.
Trading in the top three equities namely Lafarge Africa Plc, Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc and Cutix Plc (measured by volume) accounted for 5.546 billion shares worth N332.381 billion in 1,300 deals, contributing 73.73% and 83.31% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
According to the report, a total of 35,245 units valued at N5.872 million were traded this week in 64 deals compared with a total of 44,709 units valued at N3.368 million transacted last week in 102 deals
In the Bonds section, a total of 51,072 units valued at N47.530 million were traded this week in 43 deals compared with a total of 571,248 units valued at N566.818 million transacted last week in 33 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 0.66% to close the week at 105,660.64 and N66.257 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Oil/Gas and NGX Commodity Indices which depreciated by 1.65% and 0.76% respectively while the NGX AseM index closed flat. ($1=N1537)
GIK/APA