- 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 U.S. dollar weakened against other major currencies amid geopolitical concerns and trade uncertainties, fuelling negative sentiment.
Slow but steady, the Nigerian local currency, the naira, continues its downward trajectory for the sixth consecutive day, largely driven by FX liquidity shortfall in the official window.
NGX Drops as Investors Dump Shares in Big Banks The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) All-Share Index…
Buying interest in FCMB and Jaiz Bank drove the banking index higher on the Nigerian Exchange despite significant profit-taking.
For the fifth trading session, the naira declined against the US dollar amid tightening liquidity, driven by the Apex Bank’s efforts to prevent the local currency from gaining momentum.
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd. has raised concerns over sharp and unusual price movements in shares of some listed companies in recent trading sessions.