Last week, 38 equities appreciated versus 20 equities in the previous week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited.
Also, 36 stocks depreciated compared with 60 equities in the previous week, and 73 shares closed flat compared with 67 shares in the preceding week.
Data showed that Ikeja Hotel chalked up 45.08 per cent, NCR Nigeria grew by 32.97 per cent to N54.65, UAC Nigeria apprecuated by 12.71 per cent to N78.90, CWG increased by 11.84 per cent to N17.95, and Veritas Kapital rose by 11.25 per cent to N1.78.
On the flip side, Meyer declined by 18.89 per cent to N13.10, Sunu Assurances depleted by 14.78 per cent to N3.92, UPDC shrank by 11.93 per cent to N5.02, Tantalizers went down by 10.36 per cent to N2.25, and Abbey Mortgage Bank decreased by 10.00 per cent to N5.85.
Customs Street tilted to the sell side in the five-day trading week, resulting in the All-Share Index (ASI) and the market capitalisation depreciating by 0.14 per cent week-on-week to 143,520.53 points and N91.286 trillion, respectively.
Similarly, all other indices finished lower apart from the NGX CG, premium, banking, pension, AFR Div. Yield, AFR Bank Value, MERI Growth, MERI Value, Lotus II, growth and sovereign bond indices, which appreciated by 0.62 per cent, 0.50 per cent, 0.67 per cent, 0.53 per cent, 0.94 per cent, 0.89 per cent, 0.15 per cent, 0.52 per cent, 0.33 per cent, 0.01 per cent and 0.24 per cent, respectively.
Investors traded 4.140 billion shares worth N115.889 billion in 102,351 deals versus the 2.668 billion shares valued at N106.264 billion transacted in 107,998 deals a week earlier.
Financial stocks led the activity chart with 3.358 billion units sold for N81.175 billion in 43,392 deals, contributing 81.10 per cent and 70.05 per cent to the total trading volume and value apiece.
Services equities exchanged 148.272 million units worth N1.319 billion in 7,181 deals, and consumer goods shares transacted 143.638 million units valued at N7.988 billion in 12,099 deals.
Cornerstone Insurance, GTCO, and Access Holdings accounted for 2.005 billion shares worth N47.535 billion in 10,185 deals, contributing 48.43 per cent and 41.02 per cent to the total trading volume and value, respectively.