The weekly report of transactions released by the NSE on Friday in Lagos showed that the figures were in contrast to a total of 1.113 billion shares valued at N13.465 billion that exchanged hands last week in 15,036 deals.
The report added that the Financial Services Industry led the activity chart with 1.014 billion shares valued at N9.693 billion traded in 12,165 deals, while the Consumer Goods Industry followed with 58.049 million shares worth N1.398 billion in 2,689 deals.
The third place was Conglomorates Industry with a turnover of 46.272 million shares worth N103.316 million in 626 deals.
Trading in the Top Three Equities namely, Access Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc and United Bank for Africa Plc accounted for 651.600 million shares worth N6.294 billion in 6,505 deals.
Also traded during the week were a total of 7,165 units of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) valued at N1.933 million executed in 2 deals compared with a total of 10,598 units valued at N1.355 million that was transacted last week in 5 deals.
On the Bonds section, a total of 2,224 units of Federal Government Bonds valued at N2.324 million were traded this week in 18 deals compared with a total of 201 units valued at N205,083.12 transacted last week in 2 deals.
The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.01% to close the week at 31,139.35 and N11.612 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of the NSE CG, NSE Premium, NSE ASeM, NSE Banking, NSE-AFR Bank Value, NSE AFR Div Yield, NSE Industrial Goods and NSE Pension indices which appreciated by 0.66%, 0.27%, 0.55%, 3.82%, 4.76%, 2.97%, 2.42% and 0.71% respectively. ($1=N305)