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January 29, 2021 No Responses

CBN Commits N50b To Reposition Nigeria’s Commodity Exchange

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is committing N50 billion to reposition the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX), CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said. Emefiele, who disclosed this, on Thursday, at an inaugural meeting of the Steering Committee for the repositioning...

January 28, 2021 No Responses

Market Capitalisation Extends Growth By N181b

For the third consecutive day, transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed positive on Wednesday, appreciating further by 0.83 per cent. At the end of the day’s transaction, the All-Share Index increased by 346.79 points or 0.83 pe...

January 28, 2021 No Responses

CBN Disburses N554b To Two Million Farmers

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed N554.61 billion to 2, 849,490 farmers to boost food security under its Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) beginning from 2015. In a communique issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN...

January 27, 2021 No Responses

Renewed Interest In Airtel, Flour Mills, Lafarge Lift Market Capitalisation To N21.7trillion

The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday extended growth by N259 billion following interest in Airtel Africa, just as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) retained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 11.5 per cent. Specifically, the market capitalisation which open...

January 27, 2021 No Responses

MPC: Experts Laud CBN’s Rates Retention

The Association of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (ACMAN), on Tuesday said that rates retention by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was in line with market expectations. ACMAN President, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, disclosed this in an interview with the News....

January 23, 2021 No Responses

CBN Flays Continued Remittances In Naira

The CBN has expressed displeasure over continued diaspora remittances into the country in Naira, instead of dollars, by International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) and unlicensed companies, contrary to its directives. Dr O.S. Nnaji, Director Trade and Excha...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Raises N2.36tri From Capital Market

The Federal Government of Nigeria dominated capital raising at the fixed income segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2020, raising over N2.36 trillion. The Chief Executive Officer of NSE, Mr Oscar Onyema, said this at the 2020 market...

January 16, 2021 No Responses

Flour Mills, MTN Nigeria, Presco Top Gainers‘ Table As Market Capitalisation Recovers N112b

Transactions on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) sustained positive outlook on Friday with the All-Share Index crossing 41,000 mark. At the end of the day’s transactions, Flour Mills led the gainers’ table, gaining N2.80 to close at N...

January 12, 2021 No Responses

Renewed Investors’ Interest Lift Market Capitalisation To N20.99trillion

Transactions on Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed on Monday on a positive note following investors’ interest in medium and large capitalized stocks. Specifically, the All-Share Index increased by 30.56 points or 0.08 ...

January 9, 2021 No Responses

Demutualisation: NSE Inaugurates Claims Review Panel

Ahead of its demutualisation, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has inaugurated a ‘Claims Review Panel’, pursuant to the provisions of the NSE Demutualisation Act 2018. NSE President, Otunba Abimbola Ogunbanjo in a statement on Friday explained that&n...

January 9, 2021 No Responses

NSE Market Capitalisation Loses N246b

The bears dominated trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday with the market capitalisation losing N246 billion in six hours of trading. Specifically, the market capitalisation, which opened at N21.224 trillion shed N246 billion ...

January 7, 2021 No Responses

Demutualisation: NSE Announces Chief Executives For Emerging Entities

The National Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced the chief executives that would head its operating and non-operating companies upon the completion of its demutualisation programme. This is contained in a notice issued the&nbs...

January 7, 2021 No Responses

Peace Mass Transit Acquisition Of C & I Leasing To Enhance Shareholders Value

C & I Leasing Plc on Wednesday expressed optimism that the emergence of Peace Mass Transit as the company’s majority shareholder would bring enhanced value creation for all its stakeholders. Mr Andrew Otike-Odibi, the company’s Managing Director/Chief ...

December 31, 2020 No Responses

Experts Seek Friendly Monetary Policies To Sustain Stock Market Growth In 2021

As the nation’s bourse winds down for 2020 in green, capital market experts have called for an accommodative monetary policies to support economic growth. They said this in series of interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,...