Transactions on Nigerian Stock Exchange Declined by 13.7 Percent to N232.5 billion in January 2021

The total transactions performed by both foreign and local investors at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in January 2021 declined by 13.66 percent from N269.24 billion recorded in December 2020 to N232.46 billion.

The bourse stated in its monthly report titled ‘The Nigerian Stock Exchange’s Domestic & Foreign Portfolio Investment Report.’

A breakdown of the report showed foreign investors’ total transactions stood at N47.52 billion or 20.44 percent of the total transactions performed in the month of January, below the N70.32 billion or 29.86 percent recorded in the same month of 2020.

While domestic transactions accounted for N184.94 billion or 79.56 percent, higher than the N165.14 billion or 70.14 percent posted in the corresponding month of 2020.

Foreign inflow stood at N16.73 billion in January 2021, again below the N23.82 billion recorded in January 2020. However, a total of N30.79 billion was withdrawn by foreign investors from the Exchange in the month under review.

Domestic retail investors dumped N67.44 billion on Nigerian assets in January 2021 while domestic institutional investors invested N117.50 billion.

According to the Exchange, the “total domestic transactions accounted for about 74% of the total transactions carried out in 2020, whilst foreign transactions accounted for about 26% of the total transactions in the same period.”