By Our Correspondent
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index (ASI) appreciated by 5.91 percent (5.91%) to close at 30,927.18 about 552 Basis Point (PBS) for the week ended January 18 2013.
All the sectorial indices appreciated: the Bloomberg NSE 30, Bloomberg NSE Consumer Goods, Bloomberg NSE Banking, Bloomberg NSE Insurance, Bloomberg NSE Oil/Gas and NSE Lotus II appreciated by 5.77% (+10.18% YTD), 4.31% (+7.21% YTD), 3.34% (+14.02% YTD), 3.30% (+10.03% YTD), 7.12%(+14.38% YTD) and 6.26% (+7.30%YTD) respectively.
According the Nigeria’s Exchange, Yurnover of 3.259 billion shares worth N21.636 billion in 34,651 deals was traded this week in contrast to a total of 2.160 billion shares valued at N16.998 billion that exchanged hands last week in 31,241 deals.
The Financial Services sector continued its vibrant dominance in the activity chart (measured by turnover volume) recording the highest trading volume of 2.477 billion shares valued at N15.399 billion exchanged hands by investors in 22,627 deals, representing 76.01%, 71.17% and 65.30% of the volume, value and number of deals executed on the stock market respectively during the week.
The Conglomerates sector (measured by turnover volume) followed with a recorded volume of 423.299 million shares valued at N771.622 million traded in 1,117 deals.
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