A total turnover of 1.410 billion shares worth N15.510 billion were traded in 19,025 deals this week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange.
The weekly report of transactions released in Lagos on Friday said that the figured were in contrast to a total of 598.817 million shares valued at N14.234 billion that exchanged hands last week in 15,859 deals.
It added that the Financial Services Industry led the activity chart with 804.570 million shares valued at N6.300 billion traded in 9,922 deals, while the Agriculture Industry followed with 57.623 million shares worth N287.992 million in 560 deals.
The third place was the Conglomerates Industry, with a turnover of 68.309 million shares worth N97.051 million in 530 deals.
According to the report, trading in the top three equities namely Access Holdings Plc, FTN Cocoa Processors Plc and Fidelity Bank Plc. accounted for 800.622 million shares worth N3.373 billion in 2,051 deals, contributing 56.76% and 21.75% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
A total of 4,577 units valued at N531,565.05 were traded this week in 28 deals compared with a total of 6,744 units valued at N1.725 million transacted last week in 26 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 121,712 units valued at N119.220 million were traded this week in 16 deals compared with a total of 1,963 units valued at N1.736 million transacted last week 6 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 0.81% to close the week at 44,269.18 and N24.112 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX-Main Board, NGX CG, NGX Banking, NGX Pension, NGX Insurance, NGX-AFR Bank Value, NGX MERI Value, NGX Consumer Goods, NGX Oil & Gas and NGX Sovereign Bond indices which depreciated by 0.44%, 0.27%, 1.87%, 0.44%, 1.35%, 0.79% 0.98% 2.32%, 5.37% and 1.36% respectively, while the NGX ASeM and NGX Growth indices closed flat. ($1=439)
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