The financial services industry (measured by volume) led the activity chart with 2.261 billion shares valued at N20.117 billion traded in 17,838 deals; thus contributing 79.76 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively. The conglomerates industry followed with 292.191 million shares worth N525.329 million in 1,948 deals. The third place was consumer goods with a turnover of 116.843 million shares worth N2.525 million in 4,114 deals. Also traded during the week were a total of 1.271 million units of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) valued at N9.782 million executed in 7 deals compared with a total of 6,590 units valued at N55,711.29 that was transacted last week in 2 deals. 21 equities depreciated in price, the same with 21 equities of the previous week, while 87 equities remained unchanged lower than 94 equities recorded in the preceding week.

Source: The Guardian February 18, 2019 01:41 UTC