Stock Exchange Archives — Page 9 of 12

May 28, 2020 No Responses

NSE To Host Sustainable Capital Markets Forum

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in collaboration with the Milken Institute, is set to host the inaugural edition of Webinar Series on Sustainable Capital Markets for West Africa on Friday, 5 June 2020 by 2:30pm. According to NSE, the webinar...

May 26, 2020 No Responses

Oscar Onyema Highlights Resilience Of Nigeria’s Capital Market

As corporations all over the world battle the impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the support of securities exchanges for capital market ecosystems has become even more relevant in building sustainable businesses and stimulating growth across Africa. ...

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 22, 2020 No Responses

NSE Market Capitalisation Loses N152b

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market capitalisation on Tuesday inched lower by N152 billion, amid sell pressure in 27 stocks. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N11.945 trillion lost N152 billion or 1.27 per cent to close at N11.794...

April 16, 2020 No Responses

FBN Holdings Tops Activity Chart With 74.758m Shares

FBN Holdings on Wednesday topped activity chart on the floor of Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) with 74.758 million shares valued at N354.24 million. Zenith Bank followed with 72.11 million shares worth N1.097 billion, while Guaranty Trust Bank traded 36.77...

April 7, 2020 No Responses

SEC Nigeria Boss Elected Into IOSCO Board

The Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk has been elected into the board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions, IOSCO. Ms. Uduk is to represent the Africa/Middle-East Regional Committee, AM...

April 1, 2020 No Responses

Stock Markets Record Worst Quarter In 33 Years

Stock markets around the world suffered historic losses in the first three months of the year amid a massive sell-off tied to the coronavirus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and London’s FTSE 100 saw their biggest quarterly drops since 1987,...

March 31, 2020 No Responses

NSE To Sustain Remote Trading

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has assured investors of seamless trading during the 14 days lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. The exchange gave the assurance in a statement issued in Lagos by Mr Olumide Orojimi,...

March 25, 2020 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Explains N30.4b PBT In 2019

For the 2019 financial year, Fidelity Bank Plc has declared Gross Earnings of delivered Gross Earnings of N215.5billion, indicating 14.0% more than N189.0billion recorded in 2018, whilst Profit before tax rose by 21.0% to N30.4bn compared with N25.1bn re...

March 24, 2020 No Responses

NSE Resorts To Remote Trading

As part of measures to curtail COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will effective March 25, 2020 temporarily close its trading floors and engage in remote trading. Mr Oscar Onyema, NSE Chief Executive Officer, said in a statement o...

March 7, 2020 No Responses

NSE Boss Advocates Gender Equality

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr Oscar Onyema on Friday said gender equality was important to reduce employment and entrepreneurship gaps in the country. Onyema stated this at a symposium organised by the Exchange in Lagos t...

February 25, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria To Introduce Incentives To Boost Capital Market

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, on Monday said the Federal Government of Nigeria will further introduce incentives to boost investments in the nation’s capital market. Ahmed gave the assurance during a visit to the Nigeria...

February 22, 2020 No Responses

CBN Lifts Retail Secondary Market With $292.34m

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected the sum of $292.34m dollars into the retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS). CBN Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Okorafor explain...

February 22, 2020 No Responses

Nestle, Nigerian Breweries Top Losers Table, Stocks Shed N94b

Market indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday declined by 0.65 per cent amid loss posted by Nestle. At the end of the day’s transactions, the All-Share Index which opened at 27,568.91 shed 180.29 points or 0.65 per...