Author: Marketforces Africa

Nigeria to record current account deficits near 4% of GDP – Reports. Experts have estimated that Nigeria will record current account deficits

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Executive chat: coronavirus has marked down my business – MD Obviously, there will be corporate casualties in various sectors following the coronavirus pandemic. Though, there are victors given the intrinsic opportunities; but the vanquish would come in a large number. Many informal business owners would feel the pains of economic lockdown than their counterparts in a well-structured business environment. It has been forecasted that business advisory services practitioners would have works to do before and after this virus mess clears. Many businesses would need advisory support services to re-balance, optimize and re-strategise. However, there may be contraction in numbers of…

Capital importation: $5.8 billion flows into Nigeria’s economy in first quarter. Nigeria benefited from foreign investment flow amounted to $5.8 billion in the first quarter of 2020 amidst global disruptions.

Ahead of the rescheduled Monetary Policy Committee meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Meristem Securities, Vetiva and others have predicted that the policy rates would be maintained.

Average prices of foods, transportation and health care among other needs have been projected to increase for month. Investment bankers have estimated uptick in headline inflation rate for the month of May, projected to spike to 12.43%.

CBN FX Adjustment Put Banks Minimum Capital Base below $70 Million. The Central Bank of Nigeria recent foreign exchange (FX) adjustment has rub off on capital position of banks, as a result experts are expecting capital raise for operators.

Nigerian Stock Market is Going Vertical, Impressively The Nigerians Stock Exchange is going vertical, and that will be sustained given some developments in the financial market. Stock market is gaining, and last few weeks performances have shown that the market is creating wealth for investors, again. Now, NSE capitalisation has crossed the Rubicon, growing strongly to more than N13 trillion mark. It is not about the recent growth, though. It is about financial market outlook. Where are Nigerians investing their money, really? The golden rule hasn’t changed: buy low, sell high – that is how to make profit in equities…

The bulls tightened their grip on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, pushing it to positive territory on all trading days last week. It was a full week of bullish performance. Then, Unilever stock emerged as the best performing stock, gained 33.86% to close at ₦17.

Contributions to COVID-19 relief fund now ₦27.160 billion – CBN. The Nigeria Private Sector Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID), has so far contributed about N27.160 billion to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.