In a week of choppy trading and bearish sentiments on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the All Share Index ended the week in the red, dipping by 1.38% against a 0.5% gain recorded last week. Year to date is -12.96%
A turnover of 1.39 billion shares worth N12.17 billion were traded in 14,821 deals on the bourse against 1.666 billion shares valued at N14.057 billion traded in 14,003 deals last week.
The Top Three Equities traded by volume were Access Bank Plc, Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc and Zenith International Bank Plc, with a total of 587.97 million shares worth N3.46 billion traded in 1,850 deals. Combined, they accounted for 42.29% and 28.47% of the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
The Financial Services Industry, the Consumer Goods Industry and the Conglomerates Industry led the activity chart. The Financial Services Industry had 1.216 billion shares valued at N7.65 billion traded in 8,319 deals, while the Consumer Goods Industry had 44.315 million shares worth N1.794 billion traded in 2,691 deals and the Conglomerates Industry had 38.897 million shares worth N141.993 million traded in 668 deals.