Dual-listed telecom company Airtel Africa Plc traded at a 52-week high on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), with 3.578 billion outstanding shares valued at N12.489 billion.

The blockbuster IPOs expected imminently from SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could weaken the grip the Magnificent Seven — Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, and Tesla — have held over Wall Street for years, says Nigel Green, CEO of global financial advisory deVere Group.

A total of 464 in the S&P 500 that have declared their earnings for the first quarter of 2026 surpassed expectations, South African Oldest Bank, First National Bank (FNB) said in a brief on Friday.

First HoldCo Plc extended its bullish momentum as renewed investor interest and strong market participation pushed its share price higher.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc’s (GTCO) and Guaranty Trust Bank Limited’s (GTB) – its main operating subsidiary – Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘B’. Fitch has also affirmed their National Long-Term Ratings at ‘AA+(nga)’.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC’s and Stanbic IBTC Bank Ltd.’s – its banking subsidiary – National Long-Term Ratings at ‘AAA(nga)’ with stable outlooks.