- XRP Price Sinks to $0.9880 as Investors Liquidate Positions
- Crude Oil Prices Down in Week as Russian Exports Surge
- Bitcoin Falls to $67K as U.S. Yields Rise, Dollar Strengthens
- SK Hynix Tokenised bStocks Dips after HTX Announces SKHYB Listing
- Naira Closes at N1,353 Per US Dollar in Nigerian Forex Market
- DBN Inaugurates $275m Climate Finance to Boost Nigerian MSMEs
- Tinubu Flags Off $3.5bn Bakassi Deep Seaport Construction
- NGX Falls as Banking, Insurance Stocks Drag, Investors Lose N93bn
Global Economy
US and European stocks gained momentum on AI optimism; earnings expectations boosted demand for risky assets on Wednesday.
African currencies showed no clear gain from this week’s sharp fall in oil prices, with the South African rand and Botswana pula slightly weaker against the dollar and Angola’s kwanza unchanged, according to market data.
Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on France’s Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to Negative from stable and affirmed the Long-Term IDRs at ‘A+’.
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) market capitalisation shrank on Tuesday as equity investors lost about N726 billion from their combined portfolio value due to selloffs.
Reflecting weak appetite for loans, deposit money banks (DMBs) significantly increased their placements at the Central Bank’s Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) window, reaching N6 trillion as of Thursday.
African Eurobonds Issuers’ Yields Ease in Fresh Rally The average yield on Nigerian Eurobonds declined…
Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc’s (Ticker: DANGSUGAR) share price nosedived by 10% as investor sentiment deteriorated after an unimpressive earnings performance.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is poised to open Treasury bills for subscription at the primary market auction on Wednesday to efficiently refinance maturing securities.
The latest X-Compliance Report released by the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) points to a deeper structural liquidity challenge in Nigeria’s equity market rather than a temporary, cyclical weakness.