Capital Market Archives — Page 46 of 62

April 29, 2020 No Responses

CBN Resumes Dollar Sales For SMEs, School Fees

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has resumed provision of foreign exchange to all commercial banks for onward sales to parents wishing to pay school fees and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The CBN Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor...

April 29, 2020 No Responses

Union Bank Declares N42.6b Gross Earnings In Q1

Union Bank of Nigeria Plc on Wednesday announced gross earnings of N42.6 billion in its unaudited financial statements for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. The gross earnings represented an increase of 18 per cent when compared with N36.1...

April 29, 2020 No Responses

UBA Shareholders Okay N34.19b Dividend For 2019

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc shareholders, on Wednesday, commended the bank for declaring a dividend of N34.19 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2019. The shareholders gave their commendation at the bank’s 58th and first virtual...

April 29, 2020 No Responses

FMDQ Admits United Capital, Sterling Bank CP Notes To Its Platform

FMDQ Exchange has announced the approval and admission of the United Capital Plc and Sterling Bank Plc Commercial Paper (CP) notes to its trading platform. The company said in a statement posted on its website on Tuesday that it admitted...

April 28, 2020 No Responses

Tantalizers Embarks On Home Delivery

Tantalizers Plc has signed a partnership agreement with OyaNow Logistics and Concorde Express in the bid to offer customers greater ease of order delivery across major areas in Lagos. A statement explained that the QSR front-liner has signed on to t...

April 27, 2020 No Responses

FBN Holdings Shareholders Approve N13.64b Dividend For 2019

Shareholders of FBN Holdings Plc on Monday approved a total dividend of N13.64 billion declared by the company for the financial year ended December 31, 2019. The shareholders gave the approval at the company’s eighth Annual General Meeting (AGM) by...

April 23, 2020 No Responses

Nigerian Breweries Declares N83.2b Revenue, N5.5b Profit In Q1

The Board of Directors of Nigerian Breweries has announced a revenue of N83.2 billion for the first quarter ended March 31.The revenue represented a decrease of 0.09 per cent when compared with N83.3 billion achieved in the corresponding period of...

April 23, 2020 No Responses

Dangote Cement’s N100b Bonds Oversubscribed

Dangote Cement Plc, on Thursday, announced the successful issuance of its N100 billion Series 1 fixed rate senior unsecured bonds due April 2025.Mr Michel Puchercos, its Chief Executive Officer of the company, said in Lagos that the N100 billion bonds...

April 21, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Capital Market Support Committee To Raise N1b

In a bid to support the fight against COVID-19 and its impact on the Nigerian economy, the capital market community has launched an initiative with the aim of raising N1bn within the shortest possible time. This was stated by the...

April 20, 2020 No Responses

FBN Holdings Explains N4.3trillion Deposits, N28.7billion Profit In Q1

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com For the First Quarter ended March 31st, 2020, FBN Holdings attained Customer Deposits of ₦4.3 trillion, up 6.7% when compared to the ₦4.0 trillion recorded in December 2019. In...

April 20, 2020 No Responses

DiamondXtra: Access Bank To Reward Customers

Access Bank Plc is set to splash millions of Naira on lucky customers who will emerge winners in the forthcomingDiamondXtra monthly draw scheduled to take place on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. According to Adaeze Ume, Group Head, Retail Products and Seg...

April 20, 2020 No Responses

Market Indicators Resume Week With 0.01% Loss

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened for the week on Monday with a marginal drop of 0.01 per cent. Speficially, the All-Share Index lost 1.18 points or 0.01 per cent to close at 22,920.41 from the 22,921.59 achieved...

April 17, 2020 No Responses

FBN Holdings Emerges Most Active Stock With 47.69m Shares

Again, FBN Holdings on Friday emerged the most active stock on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), exchanging 47.69 million shares worth N219.71 million. FBN Holdings had on Wednesday topped activity chart with 74.758 shares valued at N354.24mill...

April 16, 2020 No Responses

PwC COVID-19 Survey: Liquidity, Safety Of Staff Top Concerns Of Businesses In Nigeria

Businesses in Nigeria have identified Liquidity and the safety of their staff among the most pressing business needs they are concerned about as they grapple with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These are some of the findings from a...