The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) shed 0.22% last week despite activity at the bourse increasing over the preceding week.
Investors transacted 3.021 billion shares worth N31.784 billion in 29,153 deals last week, against a total of 1.816 billion shares valued at N27.194 billion that exchanged hands in 36,286 deals in the previous week.
The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart with 2.244 billion shares valued at N12.399 billion traded in 10,817 deals. Therefore, contributing 74.30% and 39.01% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
The Conglomerates Industry followed with 345.806 million shares worth N558.873 million in 1,676 deals. In third place was The Consumer Goods Industry, with a turnover of 149.009 million shares worth N2.750 billion in 5,632 deals.
FCMB Group Plc, Jaiz Bank Plc and Transnational Corporation Plc were the three most traded stocks in the week. The three equities accounted for a combined 1.698 billion shares worth N4.095 billion that were exchanged in 2,188 deals and contributed 56.21% and 12.88% to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively.
The NGX All-Share Index depreciated by 0.22% to close the week at 52,979.96 index points, down from 53,098.46 index points posted in the previous week. The market value of all listed equities declined by N64 Billion from N28.626 trillion recorded in the previous week to N28.562 trillion last week. The year-t0-date return moderated to 24.03%.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX-Main Board, NGX Insurance, NGX MERI Growth and NGX Oil/Gas indices which appreciated at 1.60%, 3.63%, 0.14% and 0.30% while, NGX Asem index and NGX Sovereign bond closed flat.
Thirty-seven equities appreciated in price during the week, lower than fifty equities in the previous week. Forty-two equities depreciated in price, higher than thirty-two equities in the previous week, while seventy-seven equities remained unchanged higher than seventy-four equities recorded in the previous week.
