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- NGX Drops by N541bn as Investors Dump MTN, Zenith Bank
- Brent Slumps 17% in Sharp Weekly Pullback in Oil Market
- Pi Network Price Dips as Insider Offloads, Nears All-Time Low
- Magnificent 7 Loses $1trn in One Day – End of Tech Super Pack?
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NVIDIA Tokenized bStocks (NVDAB) is down 1.54% to $210.30 in 24h, underperforming a broadly weaker crypto market primarily driven by a macro-driven sell-off in Bitcoin.
Ripple (XRP) price is down 6.95% in 24 hours to $1.23 on Thursday, underperforming a broader market decline and driven mainly by a sector-wide altcoin retreat.
The naira climbed against the US dollar at the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) on Thursday, the third straight rally since the beginning of the week.
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) indicators surged as equities investors gained N779 billion trading highs and lows in the local bourse on Thursday.
The South African rand traded steady on Thursday as global investors began digesting the US Federal Reserve’s decision to hold the fed funds rate unchanged at its committee meeting.
Yields on Nigeria’s sovereign US dollar bonds slipped across the short, belly, and long ends of the curve as foreign portfolio investors and asset managers returned to international markets and piled into oil-linked issuers.
The Federal Government has paid N1.2 trillion of Nigeria’s N2.3 trillion outstanding power sector debt to ease liquidity pressures and improve electricity supply.
Oil prices rose on Wednesday after two consecutive sessions of losses, as Houthi claims of attacks on Saudi Arabia’s energy i
The Federal Government said the $21.7 billion borrowing proposal President Bola Tinubu transmitted
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cut interest rates on Nigerian Treasury bills (CBN) after Wednesday’s primary market auction was significantly oversubscribed.