Asian markets fall, dollar rises as US rate fears return
Asian markets mostly fell with Wall Street while the dollar extended gains Wednesday as US interest rate worries resurfaced, while investors were also given a spook by North Korea's threat to pull out of a historic summit over US demands.
NSE: Market indicators drop further by 0.15 percent
The market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday maintained negative trend, dropping further by 0.15 per cent.
Profit-taking pushes NSE ASI down by 0.84 percent
For traders at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the third business week in May kicked off recently with more profit-taking by investors, hence leading to a 0.84 per cent or 344.7 basis points in the All Share Index (ASI) which close at 40,677.61 points.
Naira depreciates against dollar at parallel market
The Naira on Monday depreciated against the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Nestle, Dangote Cement drags market capitalisation by N125 billion
Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed on Monday still on negative trend with the market capitalisation losing N125 billion due to loses by some blue chips.
Tokyo stocks open lower
Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday after two straight days of gains last week supported by sound corporate earnings and the growing conviction that US inflation will stay tame.
NSE: Market indices rebound by 0.26% after four-day decline
After depreciating for four consecutive days, indicators of the performance of the Nigerian Stock Exchange rebounded by 0.26 per cent on Friday.
MTN to raise N400bn from debt issuance on Nigerian Stock Exchange
The chief financial officer at MTN Nigeria, Ralph Mupita, says the company hopes to raise N400 billion from its debt issuance when it gets listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange later in the year.
NSE: Oando leads seven other coys with 52.75 percent growth in April
Oando Plc and seven other companies outperformed stocks on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in April to emerge as top performing equities in percentage terms.
Crude surges after Trump tears up Iran deal, equities mixed
Oil prices surged more than two percent in Asia on Wednesday after Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal, fuelling fresh geopolitical uncertainty.
NSE: All-Share Index drops further by 0.04 percent
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained a downward trend on Tuesday, with the All-Share Index declining by 0.04 per cent.
Trading resumes on negative trend on Nigerian Stock Exchange
The equity sector of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) reopened on a negative territory on Monday despite price gains the outweighed loses with the market capitalisation losing N16 billion.
House of Representatives commence probe of capital market operations
The House of Representatives sub-committee on Capital Market, Regulation and Compliance has started a probe in the capital market operations.
Domestic investors sustain interest on Nigerian Stock Exchange
Domestic investors have continued to dominate trading on the equities market for three months in a row, as they traded N497.15 billion worth of shares for the first quarter, Q1, ended March 31, 2018.
NSE market capitalisation rebounds by N40 billion
The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), on Friday rebound by N40 billion after shedding N72 billion in three preceding days.
Asian markets end week with losses, eyes on US jobs data
Asian markets fell on Friday, tracking another retreat on Wall Street as attention turns to the release of key US jobs data later in the day and high-level China-US trade talks in Beijing.
European stock markets rise at open
European stock markets rose at the open on Friday awaiting key US jobs data, while British Airways-parent IAG shot to the top of the London stock market on soaring profits.
NSE: Indicators down by 0.48 percent
Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended negatively on Thursday with the indicators shedding 0.48 per cent.
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