Inventory market buyers traded 1.525 billion shares value N43.006 billion in 51,156 transactions this week on the ground of the Nigerian Change Ltd.
That is in distinction to 2.094 billion shares valued at N52.967 billion that exchanged fingers final week in 64,612 offers.
Consequently, the worth of transactions traded by buyers on the Change dropped by 23.15 per cent as buyers misplaced N9.961 billion.
In the meantime, the market opened for 4 buying and selling days this week because the Federal Authorities declared Friday, April 18 and Monday, April 21 as public holidays to commemorate the 2025 Easter celebration.
Buying and selling within the prime three equities, specifically Entry Holdings Plc, Constancy Financial institution Plc, and Common Insurance coverage Plc, accounted for 448.105 million shares value N6.730 billion in 6,481 offers.
This contributed 29.39 per cent and 15.65 per cent to the entire fairness turnover quantity and worth, respectively.
The Monetary Providers sector led the exercise chart with 1.122 billion shares valued at N24.015 billion traded in 28,818 offers.
This contributed 73.56 per cent and 55.84 per cent to the entire fairness turnover quantity and worth, respectively.
The ICT trade adopted with 101.252 million shares value N4.819 billion in 2,541 transactions.
The third place was the Providers Business, with a turnover of 99.776 million shares value N1.230 billion in 3,063 transactions.
The NGX All-Share Index and market capitalisation depreciated by 0.32 per cent to shut the week at 104,233.81 and N65.499 trillion, respectively.
Equally, all different indices completed decrease except for NGX Premium, NGX Pension, NGX MERI Development, NGX Shopper Items, NGX Oil & Fuel, NGX Lotus II, NGX Development, NGX Sovereign Bond, and NGX Pension Broad Indices, which appreciated by 0.57 per cent, 0.42 per cent, 2.67 per cent, 2.33 per cent, 0.20 per cent, 0.16 per cent, 0.26 per cent, 0.39 per cent, and 0.55 per cent, respectively.
NGX ASeM and NGX Commodity indices closed flat.
Thirty-one equities appreciated in worth through the week, increased than 27 equities within the earlier week.
Forty-four equities depreciated in worth, decrease than 56 within the earlier week, whereas 72 equities remained unchanged, increased than 64 recorded within the earlier week.
The highest 5 decliners for the week had been Warranty Belief Holding Firm, Zenith Financial institution, DAAR Communications, Caverton Offshore Help Group and RT Briscoe as they misplaced N9, N5.95, 7k, 27k, and 22k, respectively.
ABBEY Mortgage Financial institution, Nigerian Breweries, Related Bus Firm, Livestock Feeds and Unilever Nigeria had been the highest 5 gainers, they usually grew by 46.17 per cent, 13.13 per cent, 12.70 per cent, 11.24 per cent, and 9.65 per cent, respectively.
The businesses gained N2.83, N4.20, 16k, 96k, and N3.35, respectively.
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