APA – Lagos (Nigeria)
A total turnover of 3.029 billion shares worth N33.626 billion (about $73m) were traded in 29,505 deals this week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange.
The weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos by the Nigerian Exchange showed that the figures were in contrast to a total of 3.602 billion shares valued at N36.451 billion that exchanged hands last week in 27,801 deals.
It added that the Financial Services Industry led the activity chart with 2.095 billion shares valued at N21.847 billion traded in 14,008 deals, while the Conglomerates Industry followed with 398.558 million shares worth N1.185 billion in 3,129 deals.
The third place was the Services Industry, with a turnover of 270.111 million shares worth N1.853 billion in 1,317 deals.
According to the report, trading in the top three equities namely Fidelity Bank Plc, Access Holdings Plc and Transnational Corporation Plc, accounted for 1.328 billion shares worth N8.159 billion in 5,286 deals, contributing 43.84% and 24.26% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
It explained that a total of 2.909 million units valued at N55.710 million were traded this week in 44 deals compared with a total of 31,234 units valued at N2.875 million transacted last week in 68 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 126,110 units valued at N130.953 million were traded this week in 18 deals compared with a total of 22,604 units valued at N21.807 million transacted last week in 20 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.05% to close the week at 52,187.93 and N28.417 trillion respectively.
All other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Main Board, NGX 30, NGX Oil & Gas, NGX Lotus II, NGX Industrial Goods, and NGX Growth which depreciated by 0.64%, 0.09%, 1.67%, 0.66%, 0.03% and 0.32% respectively while the NGX ASeM and NGX Sovereign Bond indices closed flat. ($1=N460)
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Nigerian bourse trades 3.029bn shares worth over $73m
