By Our Correspondent
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE) – The Nigeria’s Exchange All-Share Index depreciated by 0.17 percent (0.17%) or 55.04 Points to close the week.
This is contained in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Weekly Report for the period ended Friday February 15 2013.
Similarly, Market Capitalisation of the listed equities depreciated by 0.15% to close at N10.643 trillion.
Also, three (3) of the NSE sectorial indices depreciated: Bloomberg NSE 30, Bloomberg NSE Consumer Goods and Bloomberg NSE Banking by 3.81%, 3.22% and 4.40% respectively.
However, Bloomberg NSE Insurance, Bloomberg NSE Oil/Gas and NSE Lotus II appreciated by 4.19%, 1.22% and 6.03%, respectively.
A review of the equity price movements indicated that fifty-one (51) equities gained while forty-two (42) equities recorded price declines and one hundred and four (104) equities remained constant.
“When compared with the preceding week, seventy-three (73) equities gained while eighteen (18) equities recorded price declines and one hundred and six (106) equities remained constant†the Report said.
In the same vein, Turnover for the week declined slightly by -6.13% as the Market recorded 4.249 billion shares worth N23.177 billion in 39,391 deals transacted this week compared to a total of 3.572 billion shares valued at N24.692 billion that exchanged hands last week in 39,321 deals.
According to the NSE’s Weekly Report, 339 units of NewGold Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) valued at N854, 813 exchanged hands in 6 deals in compared to a total of 539 units valued at N1.382 million transacted last week in 4 deals.
In addition, 6,460 units of FGN bonds valued at N7.970 million were traded during the week in 21 deals. However, there were no transactions in the State/Local Government Bonds and Corporate Bonds/Debentures sectors.
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