At the end of last week’s trading on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, stock investors lost N136 billion.
The All-Share Index fell by 0.48 percent, or 250.69 basis points, to settle at 52,214.62 on Friday, reflecting mixed feelings. Year-to-date returns increased to 1.88 percent at the end of the week, up from 1.78 percent on Thursday.
In the previous trading week, investors on the NGX floor traded 3.602 billion shares worth N36.451 billion in 27,801 transactions, compared to 2.973 billion shares worth N22.828 billion traded in 23,765 transactions the previous week.
The Financial Services Industry (as indicated by volume) dominated the activity chart with 3.150 billion shares worth N27.484 billion.