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On a monthly basis, The Nigerian Stock Exchange polls trading figures from major custodians and market operators on their foreign portfolio investments (FPI).

The table below shows an analysis of transactions on The Exchange at the end of December 2016

Table 1: Analysis of Transactions for the Period Ended 31 December 2016

Domestic vs. Foreign 2016
Total transactions at the nation’s bourse increased by 48.91% from N64.39 billion recorded in November 2016 to N95.88 billion (about $0.31 billion)4 in December 2016. Also, total transactions from January to December 2016 decreased significantly by 39.58% from N1, 905.63 billion recorded within the same period in 2015 to N1, 151.38 billion at the end of 2016.

Total foreign transactions decreased by 49.51% from recorded in N1,025 billion recorded at the end of 2015 to N517.55 billion at the end of 2016. Domestic transactions also decreased by 28.02% from N880.56 billion to N633.82 within the same period.