May 8, 2015/HolcimLafarge Lafarge and Holcim have today successfully secured support from Holcim shareholders for their proposed merger and completed one of the final key steps on their way to creating the world’s most advanced building materials company. Representing around 72 percent of the company’s share capital, the 738 shareholders […]
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Bonds stabilize, sterling and FTSE soar after UK election
Fri May 8, 2015/Reuters World bond and stock markets rose on Friday after a bruising week and sterling surged to a two-month high after the business-friendly Conservative party won Britain’s parliamentary election. Sterling leapt 1.3 percent against the dollar and London’s FTSE led equity markets with a 1.9 percent jump […]
Equities Market Dip 0.08% Fourth Consecutive Day on Price Declines in Blue Chips
By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian equities market on Thursday dipped 0.08 percent as price declines in blue chips like Nestle Nigeria Plc, Dangote Cement Plc, and Guinness Nigeria Plc pushed the bearish run further to the fourth consecutive day. With the cautious trading that persisted on the Nigerian […]
