Race for telecoms shares lifts Nigerian stocks to near four-year high

Race for telecoms shares lifts Nigerian stocks to near four-year high

Floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Nigerian stocks hit a new milestone on Monday as a tense investor scramble for the shares of the country’s biggest telecommunications companies – MTN Nigeria (MTNN) and Airtel Africa – catapulted the benchmark index by 2.93 per cent to 43,246.87 points equivalent to a market capitalisation, the peak level […]

Nigerian stocks jump N252 billion in a broad advance across sectors

Nigerian stocks jump N252 billion in a broad advance across sectors

Nigerian Stocks Exchange (NGX) Nigeria stocks lengthened their uptrend on Tuesday, helped in part by investors increasing demand for telco stocks as well as for conglomerates and financial services shares, a broad-based progress culminating in a N252.4 billion gain. MTNN and Airtel continued to command investors’ interest and were joined United Capital and UACN in […]

Investors on NGX Gain N252.42bn as YTD Return Hits 8.59%

Investors on NGX Gain N252.42bn as YTD Return Hits 8.59%

Kayode Tokede The stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) yesterday sustained its positive sentiment, gaining N252.42billion as investors renewed interest in Airtel Africa Plc and 23 others.. The market positive performance was driven by price appreciation in large and medium capitalised stocks which are; Airtel Africa, MTN Nigeria Communications (MTNN), Ardova, Lafarge Africa […]