Nigerian Exchange Limited
Stock Investors Gained N292 Billion Last Week
A total of 694.376 million shares worth N8.667 billion exchanged hands in 15,418 deals, in contrast to a total of 1.101 billion shares valued at N11.714 billion that exchanged hands in 15,697 deals in the previous week.
Investors in the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) gained N292 billion last week as thirty-one equities led by Axamansard Insurance closed in the red.
During the week, a total of 694.376 million shares worth N8.667 billion exchanged hands in 15,418 deals, in contrast to a total of 1.101 billion shares valued at N11.714 billion that exchanged hands in 15,697 deals in the previous week.
The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart with 487.150 million shares valued at N4.229 billion traded in 7,527 deals. Therefore, contributing 70.16% and 48.80% to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively.
The Conglomerates Industry followed with 61.896 million shares worth N77.471 million in 396 deals. The third place was the Consumer Goods Industry, with a turnover of 40.042 million shares worth N1.243 billion in 2,713 deals.
Access Holdings Plc, Transnational Corporation Plc and Fidelity Bank Plc accounted for 232.923 million shares worth N1.237 billion in 1,316 deals and contributed a combined 33.54% and 14.27% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
The NGX-All Share Index appreciated by 1.22%, or 535.97 index points from 43,956.76 index points recorded in the previous week to 44,492.73 index points last week
Market Capitalization of all listed equities also rose by 1.22% to close the week at N24.234 trillion, up from the N23.942 trillion it closed in the previous week.
Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Insurance, NGX Consumer Goods, NGX Oil & Gas, NGX Lotus II and NGX Industrial Good, which depreciated by 1.34%, 1.05%, 0.84%, 0.19% and 0.66% respectively, while the NGX ASeM, NGX Growth and NGX Sovereign Bond indices closed flat.
Thirty-one equities appreciated in price during the week, higher than twenty-seven equities in the previous week. Thirty-three equities depreciated in price lower than thirty-six in the previous week, while ninety-three equities remained unchanged, lower than ninety-four equities recorded in the previous week.
The year-to-date gain improved to 4.16%. See the details of top gainers and losers below.
