A total turnover of 3.805 billion shares worth ₦213.955 billion in 297,202 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX).
According to the report of weekly transactions released on Friday in Lagos by the NGX, the figures were in contrast to a total of 3.588 billion shares valued at ₦195.313 billion that exchanged hands last week in 254,553 deals.
The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart with 2.739 billion shares valued at ₦106.269 billion traded in 135,101 deals, while the Services Industry followed with 212.324 million shares worth ₦4.024 billion in 17,042 deals
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The third place was the Consumer Goods Industry, with a turnover of 180.076 million shares worth ₦13.269 billion in 32,457 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely Access Holdings Plc, Uted Bank for Africa Plc and FirstHoldCo Plc accounted for 814.060 million shares worth ₦39.032 billion in 37,195 deals, contributing 21.40% and 18.24% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
A total of 7.757 million units valued at ₦916.110 million were traded this week in 8,433 deals compared with a total of 6.737 million units valued at ₦1.056 billion, transacted last week in 8,588 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 442,785 units valued at ₦445.832 million were traded this week in 59 deals compared with a total of 314,033 units valued at ₦318.559 million transacted last week in 39 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 3.94% to close the week at 225,722.49 and ₦145.335 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Growth and NGX Commodity which depreciated by 0.02% and 0.41% respectively while the NGX Sovereign Bond index closed flat. ($1=N1358)
GIK/APA