Prior to joining Ecobank, Akin Dada was the Managing Director for Citigroup Cameroon. Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group, has announcer the appointment of Akin Dada as Group Executive, Corporate and Investment Bank. Mr Dada joined Ecobank in 2017 as the Executive Director for Corporate Bank in Nigeria, and prior to his […]
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Persistent sell-offs in GTBank, BUACem, Guinness drove the bears on Tuesday as investors lost N78.5bn in post-Easter trading
Charles Abuede The Nigerian Equities Market started the new week on a bearish note, with traders and investors alike coming back from the short Easter break to extend the persistent bearish run the market has been experiencing into the fourth trading session as investors lost N78.5 billion on the first trading day in April. The […]
Stock market capitalisation plunges by N78 billion
[FILES] The reception area at the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos, Nigeria. PHOTO: Ruth McDowell/ 2019 Bloomberg Finance As Onyema ends tenure as NSE’s CEO Following losses by most blue-chip stocks, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) sustained a sliding profile at the opening of the week yesterday, leading to a fall in market capitalisation by […]
Big banks steer gains as Nigerian stocks add N13.5 billion
Nigerian stocks were up by 0.07 per cent on Thursday, extending gains reported at the previous trading session in an advance led by Zenith, GTB and Access Bank , three of Nigeria’s five biggest banks by asset commonly known by the acronym, FUGAZ. That easily pushed the banking index to the forefront of performance of […]
Bulls ruled on Thursday from buying interests in banking heavyweights as investors saw almost N4bn profit
Charles Abuede The domestic stock market extended the bullish sentiment on Thursday as the All-Share Index rose 0.07 per cent to settle at 38,799.83 points due to buying interest in Zenith Bank (+3.8%), GTBank (+2.7%) and Access Bank (+1.9%). Consequently, market year to date loss at -3.7 per cent was sustained and market capitalisation appreciated […]
Top consumer goods, telco shares help Nigerian stocks manage fragile recovery
Nigerian stocks saw a comeback from a four-day bear run on Wednesday after a spike of interest in the telco, MTN, and food companies, Nestle and Flour Mills, lifted the benchmark index by 0.02 per cent. But there are concerns as to how far the feeble growth could carry a market that has shed N769.976 […]
NSE resumes Easter holidays with N78bn loss
The total volume of trades declined by 6.19 per cent [Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye] Specifically, the All-Share Index lost 150.13 points or 0.39 per cent to close 38,766.61 compared with 38,916.74 achieved on Thursday. RECOMMENDED ARTICLES Also, the market capitalisation lost N78 billion to close at N20.283 trillion from N20.361 trillion achieved on Thursday. The market loss […]
Equities trading closes negative as investors lose N78bn
Equities trading begins the week on a bearish trend as the Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index dipped by 0.39 per cent in the session to close at 38,766.61 basis points on Tuesday. After the Easter break, the local bourse went southward to peg the market capitalisation at N20.283 trillion as investors shed N78 billion from […]
NSE: Market Resumes From Easter Holidays With N78bn Loss
Nigerian Stock Exchange NSE: Market Resumes From Easter Holidays With N78bn Loss The Nigerian stock market resumed after the Easter public holidays on Tuesday with a loss of 0.39 per cent due to persistent bearish trend, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Specifically, the All-Share Index lost 150.13 points or 0.39 per cent to close […]
Nigerian stocks drift higher on bank gains but weak volume casts gloom
Nigerian sto stocks cks rose for the third straight day Friday, appreciating 0.17 per cent in the longest gaining streak last seen in more than a month as bank stocks again drove advance. The climb rested on buy pressure on the shares of Africa’s biggest wireless service provider MTNN and lenders GTB and Zenith. But […]