Capital Market

Wall Street slightly higher as focus shifts from Brexit

June 30, 2016/Reuters U.S. stocks were slightly higher at the open on Thursday as investors turned their focus to broader economic factors and Brexit took a backseat. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 32.09 points, or 0.18 percent, at 17,726.77, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 5.17 points, […]

Nigerian Stocks Halt 3-Day Losing Spree, ASI Gains 0.80% on Renewed Investors Interest

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday halted a three-day bearish streak as all–share index (ASI) gained 0.80 percent to close at 29,812.91 points, while market capitalisation increased by N81.63 billion to N10.24 trillion. “Today’s performance extended the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date gains to 7.77 percent and 4.09 […]

CPMI-IOSCO release guidance on cyber resilience for financial market infrastructures

June 29, 2016/CPMI IOSCO The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI)1 and the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)2 today released the final report Guidance on cyber resilience for financial market infrastructures (“Cyber Guidance”).3 This Cyber Guidance is the first internationally agreed guidance on cyber security […]