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June 2, 2021 No Responses

NGX Opens Trading In June With N12b Loss

Sentiments on the nation’s bourse turned negative on Tuesday closing the first trading session in June with a loss of N12 billion, amid losses in Seplat and 16 others. Consequently, the market capitalisation which opened for the month at N20.034...

May 29, 2021 No Responses

NASCON Shareholders Approve N1.06b Dividend For 2020

Shareholders of NASCON Allied Industries Plc have approved a total dividend of N1.06 billion declared by the Board of the company for the financial year ended December 31, 2020, amounting to 40kobo per share. Speaking at the meeting, the Natio...

May 24, 2021 No Responses

SEC Nigeria Adopts Sustainable Finance Guidelines For CMOs

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted the Nigerian Sustainable Finance Principles (NSFP) which was developed by the Financial Services Regulation Coordinating Committee (FSRCC) for Capital Market Operators (CMOs). A statemen...

May 23, 2021 No Responses

Me Cure Industries Lists N3b Bond On NGX

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — Me Cure Industries Limited commemorated the listing of its N3Billion bond with a digital Closing Gong Ceremony on Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Friday, 21 May 2021. The debut listing was the ₦3 billion 5...

May 18, 2021 No Responses

Lagos Cooperatives Capital Base Increases To N33b

The Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Mrs Lola Akande, has disclosed that the cooperative service capital base has increased to N33 billion in 2021. Akande made this known on Monday in Lagos at the 2021 ministerial news...

April 29, 2021 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Declares N10.1B Profit Before Tax In Q1

For the first quarter ended March 31, 2021, Fidelity Bank Plc has recorded improvement in its financial performance. Details of the unaudited results, released at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) show that Profit before Tax (PBT) grew by 53.9% from...

April 22, 2021 No Responses

Conoil, Lafarge Africa, GTBank Lift NGX Indices By 0.29%

Transactions on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd. on Wednesday extended gaining streak to four consecutive trading sessions, appreciating further by 0.29 per cent. The performance was as a result of investors’ interests in Guaranty Trust Bank and Lafarg...

April 18, 2021 No Responses

CSCS Declares N6.93b Profit, N5.85b Dividend For 2020

The Central Securities Clearing System Plc (CSCS) has announced a profit after tax of N6.93 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2020. The company in a statement explained that profit after tax was 41.43 per cent higher when...

April 17, 2021 No Responses

NGX Market Capitalisation Increases By N124b

Trading on the Nigeria Exchange Ltd ended on a positive note on Friday with the market capitalisation appreciating by N124 billion due to gains in some blue chips. The market capitalisation increased 0.61 per cent to N20.310 trillion, from N20.186...

April 16, 2021 No Responses

Yuguda: SEC, CBN Working On Cryptocurrencies Trading Regulation

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for better understanding and regulation of cryptocurencies in the country. The Director-General, SEC, Lamido Yuguda, said this at the 2021 first post-Capital Market ...

April 14, 2021 No Responses

Stakeholders Outline Solutions For Successful AfCFTA Implementation

Stakeholders in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have called for private sector participation and creation of compatible trade policies to ensure successful implementation of the agreement. Top government officials, industrialists, and fin...

April 13, 2021 No Responses

Stanbic IBTC, Okomu Oil, Guinness, Top Losers‘Table As Market Capitalisation Drop By N74b

Transaction on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) opened activities for the week on Monday on a negative note with key indicators dropping by 0.40 per cent. The decline was due to investors profit-taking on some recently appreciated stocks such as...

April 7, 2021 No Responses

Shareholders Task Firms To Cut Operational Cost

The Shareholders Association, Ibadan Zone, has urged companies in Nigeria to be decisive and cut operational costs to catalyze the business environment in the face of economic challenges. Mr Eric Akinduro, the Chairman of the Association, gave the advice...

March 31, 2021 No Responses

Investors Lose N119b Amid Renewed Profit Taking

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) returned to negative territory on Tuesday with investors losing N119 billion on renewed profit taking. Consequently, the market capitalisation which opened at N20.663 trillion dipped N119 billion to close at N20.544 tril...