Investors at the Nigerian capital market traded 598.817 million shares worth N14.234 billion in 15,859 deals this week.
This however fell short of the 938.020 million shares valued at N16.701 billion traded by investors in 15,700 deals last week.
Top NGX performing sector
By measure of volume, the Financial Services Industry was the best-performing sector this week with shareholders trading 398.264 million shares valued at N2.219 billion in 8,247 deals.
The Conglomerates Industry followed with 37.514 million shares worth N49.503 million in 393 deals while investors in the ICT Industry sold 30.708 million shares worth N8.383 billion in 1,218 deals.
Top three equities
Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc, Sterling Bank Plc, and Fidelity Bank Plc are the top three equities by volume, accounting for 30.28% and 1.75% of the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
This means investors in the three companies traded 181.347 million shares worth N248.920 million in 854 deals this week.
