Nigeria: Investors' Stake N27.9 Billion in Equities in Five Trading Days

19 February 2018

Heavy transactions in the shares of financial stocks last week, buoyed the volume of shares traded, as a total turnover of 2.940 billion shares worth N27.924 billion were recorded in 28,570 deals by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 4.426 billion units valued at N24.236 billion that was exchanged in 29,573 deals during the preceding week.

Last week, the financial services industry (measured by volume) led the activity chart with 2.174 billion shares valued at N17.033 billion traded in 19,013 deals; thus contributing 73.96 per cent to the total equity turnover .

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