The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigeria Exchange (NGX) this week with 1.083 billion shares valued at ₦48.967 billion traded in 86,994 deals.
According to the weekly report of trading released on Friday in Lagos by the NGX, the Agriculture Industry followed with 129.650 million shares worth ₦2.182 billion in 8,650 deals, while third place was the ICT Industry, with a turnover of 87.909 million shares worth ₦6.964 billion in 19,017 deals.
A total turnover of 1.659 billion shares worth ₦98.088 billion in 184,632 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 2.715 billion shares valued at ₦158.280 billion that exchanged hands last week in 209,986 deals.
It noted that a total of 2.040 million units valued at ₦447.270 million were traded this week in 4,218 deals compared with a total of 1.831 million units valued at ₦687.314 million, transacted last week in 5,413 deals.
Trading in the top three equities, namely Access Holdings Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc and Livestock Feeds Plc, accounted for 413.964 million shares worth ₦12.158 billion in 18,365 deals, contributing 24.96% and 12.40% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
The report added that a total of 2.040 million units valued at ₦447.270 million were traded this week in 4,218 deals compared with a total of 1.831 million units valued at ₦687.314 million, transacted last week in 5,413 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 2.643 million units valued at ₦2.641 billion were traded this week in 56 deals compared with a total of 144,034 units valued at ₦
146.416 million transacted last week in 48 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.33% to close the week at 247,539.73 and ₦160.725 trillion respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Main Board, NGX Consumer Goods, NGX Oil & Gas, NGX Lotus II, NGX Industrial Goods, NGX Growth and NGX Commodity indices which appreciated by 0.50%, 0.09%, 3.13%, 0.88%, 0.004%, 0.07% and 2.36% respectively, while NGX Sovereign Bond Index closed flat. ($1=N1333)
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