June 06, (THEWILL) – A total turnover of 28.736 billion shares worth N209.060 billion in 23,688 deals was traded last week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 1.840 billion shares valued at N27.286 billion that exchanged hands last week in 27,273 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 2.18% to close the week at 52,908.24 and N28.523 trillion respectively
The Financial Services Industry (measured by volume) led the activity chart with 28.048 billion shares valued at N198.017 billion traded in 10,416 deals; thus contributing 97.61% and 94.72% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
The Conglomerates Industry followed with 434.845 million shares worth 1.339 billion in 1,225 deals. The third place was The Consumer Goods Industry, with a turnover of 74.111 million shares worth N2.853 billion in 3,835 deals.
At the end of the last weekday of trading on Friday, a total of 282,969,514 shares in 4,245 deals, corresponding to a market value of NGN 3,371,652,229.46, were traded.
Compared with the previous NGX trading day (Thursday, June 2), today’s data shows 3% improvement in volume, 16% decline in turnover, and 15% decline in deals.
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