Published by the Nigerian stock exchange last Friday in Lagos, the weekly trading report revealed that investors traded a total turnover of 917,190 millions of shares. This is estimated at 14.803 billion naira (about 36.104 million dollars) in 19,513 transactions on the floor of the said exchange.

Compared to the previous week, when a total of 504.322 million shares valued at N7,517 billion traded in 12,393 transactions, the Figures released this week indicate a strong increase. According to the report, the financial services industry contributed the most to this performance with 648.207 million shares valued at N6.258 billion traded in 9,293 transactions. The consumer goods industry comes next with 102.605 million shares worth 3.211 billion naira in 3,016 transactions. And the conglomerate industry is closing with a turnover of 36,218 million shares worth N193,474 million in 562 transactions.