Capital Market

Investors’ Appetite Remains Dampened, as Selloffs across Counters Drag NSEASI 0.79%

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Investor appetite on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) remained dampened with selloffs across major counters further dragging the all-share index (ASI) down 0.79 percent to close at 25,653.14 points (lowest since May 12, 2016). “The sustained pressure on the domestic bourse extended the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date losses […]

US SEC Approves Plan To Create Consolidated Audit Trail For Tracking Markets

Culled—Proshare November 16, 2016/ExchangeNews The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to approve a national market system (NMS) plan to create a single, comprehensive database known as the consolidated audit trail (CAT) that will enable regulators to more efficiently and thoroughly track all trading activity in the U.S. equity and […]

Stocks Extend Losses Dragged by Industrial Goods Counter

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian equities market on Tuesday extended losses, with the all-share index (ASI) dragged by a heavy loss in the Industrial Goods counter falling by 0.50 percent to close at 25,857.06 points. “On the back of today’s loss, the Month-to-Date (-5.01 percent) and Year-to-Date (-10.04 percent) returns […]