A total turnover of 1.374 billion shares worth N23.786 billion (About $58.1463m) were traded in 28,809 deals this week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange.
The weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos showed that the figures were in contrast to a total of 1.668 billion shares valued at N19.481 billion that exchanged hands last week in 25,979 deals.
It added that the Financial Services Industry led the activity chart with 889.542 million shares valued at N8.036 billion traded in 14,034 deals, while the Conglomerates Industry followed with 131.154 million shares worth N199.272 million in 1,259 deals.
The third place was the ICT Industry, with a turnover of 89.777 million shares worth N10.593 billion in 2,119 deals.
According to the report, trading in the top three equities namely FCMB Group Plc, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc and Zenith Bank Plc accounted for 416.676 million shares worth N2,989 billion in 3,321 deals.
A total of 1.586 million units valued at N24.867 million were traded this week in 22 deals compared with a total of 1,622 units valued at N775,980.88 transacted last week in 27 deals.
In Bonds section, a total of 136,800 units valued at N149.010 million were traded this week in 23 deals compared with a total of 67,646 units valued at N76.346 million transacted last week in 11 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.13% to close the week at 47,268.61 and N25,475 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Premium, NGX AseM, NGX Meri Growth, NGX Oil/Gas and NGX Sovereign bond indices. ($1=N410)
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