Capital Market

NSE benchmark index decline 2.09% w/w on weak corporate earnings

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- The Nigerian equities market opened the week on a bearish note, with the benchmark index falling by 2.09 percent week-on-week (w/w) on poor corporate earnings, Cordros weekly market report affirmed. “This week’s unimpressive performance — as we had prognosticated — spoke to the fact […]

IOSCO seeks public comment on its analysis of liquidity in corporate bond markets

August 5, 2016/IOSCO The Board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is seeking public comment on its consultation report entitled Examination of Liquidity of the Secondary Corporate Bond Markets, which was published today.  IOSCO undertook this work in response to the concerns of some market participants about liquidity […]

NSE Halts 5Days Losing Streak on Blue-Chips Performance, ASI Rise 0.23%

  By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday halted five-days losing streak on the performance of blue-chip stocks, as the all-share index (ASI) climbed up 0.23 percent to close at 27,751.34 points, while market capitalisation rose by N21.82 billion to N9.53 trillion. “Today’s performance decreased the Month-to-Date […]