By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited suffered a marginal 0.02 per cent loss on Monday following sell-offs in some equities like Eterna, MTN Nigeria, CWG, GTCO and others. Eterna and CWG closed the trading session as the worst-performing stocks after losing 10.00 per cent each to settle at N5.04 and 99 kobo respectively. […]
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Meyer, Ecobank, Access Bank top stocks to watch this week
Top stocks to watch this week The market was up by 0.36 per cent last week as investors continued to be drawn by stocks following a good number of strong full-year corporate results as well as dividend declarations by some companies. More annual reports are due this week and next including those of big lenders […]
Ecobank to pay $40m dividends to shareholders
The Pan-African banking group, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), is set to pay its shareholders dividends of $0.16 per share totaling $40 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This implies approximately CFA90, N66.6, or 1.08 Ghana Cedi per share. For Nigerian and Ghanaian investors, this represents 5.5 times and 8.3 times, respectively, the most […]
Nigeria: Trading in Fixed Income, Currency Markets Slumps to N14trn
Trading in the fixed income and currency (FIC) market has slumped back to declining trend after the December 2021 uptick. The January 2022 report just released by the FMDQ Exchange, Nigeria’s financial markets trading platform, has put transaction volume at N14.13 trillion, 31.21 percent down from N20.54 trillion recorded in December, 2021. This is even […]
Nigeria: Trading in Fixed Income, Currency Markets Slumps to N14trn
Trading in the fixed income and currency (FIC) market has slumped back to declining trend after the December 2021 uptick. The January 2022 report just released by the FMDQ Exchange, Nigeria’s financial markets trading platform, has put transaction volume at N14.13 trillion, 31.21 percent down from N20.54 trillion recorded in December, 2021. This is even […]
Empty pockets: Big companies the new thorn in banks’ flesh
The decline of big names such as Uchumi, Kenya Airways, East African Cables, East African Portland Cement and Mumias Sugar was the first sign of struggle in corporate Kenya. [File, Standard] An increase in the number of financially crippled corporates is the new headache for banks, with some lenders in court battles to recover billions […]
Ecobank, Learn Africa, GTCO top stocks to watch this week
More corporate reports for the 2021 financial year are due this week through the end of February and the current uptrend in the market will likely hang on them for sustainability if they are generally impressive. Stocks and sectors offering promise of strong return, dividend and scrip should be the focus of retail investors as […]
Nigeria: Access Bank, ETI, Zenith, 10 Others Generates N5.96 Trillion From Loans to Customers in 3 Years
With the growing lending to private and individual customers, a total of 13 banks have generated N5.96trillion interest income from loans to customers between 2020 and 2018. This has demonstrated banks’ drive to support the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) aggressively lending to support the real sector and boosting banks’ earnings. Nigerian Banks with branches […]
Nigerian Equities Market Closes Flat Amid Positive Investor Sentiment
By Dipo Olowookere Despite witnessing a positive investor sentiment, the Nigerian equities market closed flat on Tuesday, with the key performance indicators almost remaining unchanged at the close of transactions. The All-Share Index (ASI) was marginally higher by 1.54 points to 47,064.82 points from 47,063.28 points, while the market capitalisation was slightly up by N1 […]
Nigeria: Access Bank, ETI, Zenith, 10 Others Generates N5.96 Trillion From Loans to Customers in 3 Years
With the growing lending to private and individual customers, a total of 13 banks have generated N5.96trillion interest income from loans to customers between 2020 and 2018. This has demonstrated banks’ drive to support the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) aggressively lending to support the real sector and boosting banks’ earnings. Nigerian Banks with branches […]