December 20, 2017/NSE
On a monthly basis, The Nigerian Stock Exchange polls trading figures from major custodians and market operators on their Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) flows.
The table below shows an analysis of transactions on The Exchange at the end of October 2017.
Table 1: Analysis of Transactions for the Period Ended 31 October 2017
Domestic vs. Foreign 2017
Total transactions at the nation’s bourse decreased by 1.31% from N129.52 billion recorded in September 2017 to N127.82 billion (about $0.42 billion) in October 2017. The aggregate value of transactions from January to October 2017 increased by 79.96% from N991.11 billion recorded in 2016 to N1.783 trillion in 2017
Foreign investors outperformed domestic investors by 5.84%. Total foreign transactions decreased by 19.73% from N84.27 billion recorded in September 2017 to N67.64 billion in October 2017. However, total domestic transactions increased by 32.99% from N45.25 billion to N60.18 billion within the same period.
Foreign inflows decreased by 18.30% from N48.42 billion in September 2017 to N39.56 billion in October 2017. Foreign outflows also decreased by 21.67% from N35.85 billion in September 2017 to N28.08 billion in October 2017.
