Investors sceptical of banks’ growth

Investors sceptical of banks’ growth

• Profits shrink in third quarter • Shares selling on discount in stock market • Shareholders task govt on business environment With the current harsh operating environment, exacerbated by impact of COVID-19 on businesses, investors have expressed worry that the banking sector might record rise in Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) and erode profitability, if government failed […]

Airtel, BOCGAS, BUACEMENT lift Nigerian Stocks value to N20.3 trillion

Airtel, BOCGAS, BUACEMENT lift Nigerian Stocks value to N20.3 trillion

The Nigerian Stock market was all fired up at Wednesday’s trading session. The All Share index gained 2.40% to close at 38,803.74 index points as against +1.20% appreciation recorded on Tuesday. Its Year-to-Date (YTD) returns currently stands at +44.56%. Nigerian Stock Exchange market value now stands at N20.281 trillion. Nigerian trading turnover ended also on […]

Flour Mills’ outgoing GMD acquires additional shares weeks after announcing retirement

Flour Mills’ outgoing GMD acquires additional shares weeks after announcing retirement

The outgoing GMD of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Paul Miyonmide Gbedebo, has acquired 15,000 additional shares of the company at a price of N24.7 per unit. This is according to a notification of insider dealing issued today, 23 December 2020 by the Company’s Secretary, Mr. Joseph Umolu, and seen by Nairametrics. The acquisition of […]

Exxon Mobil Stock Bearish Momentum With A 3% Fall At Session Start Today

Exxon Mobil Stock Bearish Momentum With A 3% Fall At Session Start Today

Shares of Exxon Mobil dropped 3.65% to $41.17 at 10:01 EST on Monday, following yesterday’s downward trend. The New York Stock Exchange is falling 0.34% to $14,467.80, following yesterday’s downward trend, This seems, up to now, a somewhat negative trend exchanging session today. Exxon Mobil’s last close was $43.48, 73.35% under its 52-week high of […]

Nigeria bourse climbs to N19.6trn as DangCem, Wapco, Oando help bring N333.8bn home to investors

By Charles Abuede Naira gains N3 at start of Christmas week T-bills close negative, FGN bonds positive The Nigerian equities market continued its positive run with an advance of 174 basis points as the week opened Monday on the back of a similar positive close last week. It represented 1.74 percent growth as the index […]

GTBank, UBA, WAPCO halt bullish trend at Africa’s best-performing stock market

GTBank, UBA, WAPCO halt bullish trend at Africa’s best-performing stock market

Nigerian stocks ended the last trading session on a near stalemate. The All Share index dropped slightly by -0.01% to close at 38,800.01 index points as against the +2.40% gain seen on Wednesday. Its Year-to-Date (YTD) returns currently stands at +44.55%. Nigerian Stock Exchange capitalization stood at N20.279 trillion. Nigerian bourse trading turnover plunged significantly […]

Nigeria stock market gains N334bn on Dangote Cement share buyback

Nigeria stock market gains N334bn on Dangote Cement share buyback

Stock Market The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) gained N334 billion on Monday due to buying interest in Dangote Cement and 22 other stocks. Specifically, the market capitalisation rose by N334 billion or 1.74 per cent to close at N19.570 trillion compared with N19.236 trillion achieved on Friday. Also, the All-Share Index which opened at 36,804.75 […]