The All-share index of the Nigerian Exchange recorded a 1.74% growth in the month of August 2021 to close at 39,219.61 index points from 38,547.08 recorded as of the end of July 2021. The bourse had endured a significant downturn earlier in the year as the year-to-date performance stood at -2.61%.
Meanwhile, the top 10 best performing stockbroking firms for the month of August, traded a total of 4.99 billion units of shares valued at N50.73 billion. This is according to broker performance report, released by the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX).
The value of shares traded represents a 6.38% increase compared to N47.69 billion recorded in the previous month and a 6.5% decline compared to N54.26 billion recorded in June 2021. On a year-on-year basis, it declined by 11.71% compared to N57.46 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2020.
According to the report, Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers led the list by value of shares traded with N15.77 billion, while Morgan Capita; Securities with 998.91 million shares traded led the elite list for the month by volume.
The top 10 performing stockbroking firms in August traded a total of N50.73 billion worth of shares, accounting for 55.53% of the total value of shares traded in the month.
The top performing stockbrokers by volume, traded in 46.95 billion units of shares in the month, representing 41.74% of the total shares traded in the stock market in the review period.
The stock market is beginning to pick up momentum from the downturn recorded in the first half of the year, as the All-share index grew by 1.74% in the month of August reducing the year-to-date performance to -2.61% as of 31st August 2021.
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