NSE moves shares worth N6b in depressed trading
Transactions at the
equities segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed for the week on
a depressed note on Friday, with the market capitalisation sliding by
N106 billion.
The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation closed at N8.361
trillion from the N8.467 trillion recorded on Thursday.
The All-Share Index
also depreciated by 1.26 per cent or 334.90 points to close at
26,169.86 against 26,504.76 recorded on Thursday.
Shares totalling
673.13 million and valued at N5.99 billion were exchanged in 8,034
deals on Friday, compared with the 701.73 million shares worth N8.30
billion traded in 7,471 deals on Thursday.
The banking
sub-sector continued to dominate other sub-sectors with 543.73 million
shares valued at N4.99 billion traded in 506 deals.
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