- 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 average yield on Nigerian OMO bills climbed to 21.1% in the secondary market, reflecting investors’ measured decisions to adjust their holdings in these short-term investment securities.
Oil prices are set to jump sharply when trading resumes Sunday night, as unprecedented U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have intensified Middle East tensions.
Global equities markets closed on a mixed note as investors sought sanctuary in the UK, trimming holdings in tech-heavy U.S. and EU benchmarks.
KuCoin Token (KCS) fell by 8.51% over 24 hours to $7.63 amid severe selling pressure, significantly underperforming flat Bitcoin and the broader crypto market.
Mr Bimbo Adekanmbi, the Chairman of the 11-man Committee on the upgrade of the Ibadan Airport, has said that direct international flights would commence before the end of 2026.
Year-to-date return moderated to 24% as the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) market capitalisation dropped by N1.4 trillion amid profit-taking in some stocks that recently rallied in the local bourse.