Capital Market

Nigerian Breweries completes merger with Consolidated Breweries

Nigerian Breweries Plc says it has completed its merger with Consolidated Breweries Plc. According to company, the merger was finalised on December 31, 2014. The company said these in a statement by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nicolaas Vervelde. The statement explained that the merger was completed […]

Nigerian Stocks End Year Negatively, Year-to-Date Down 16.14%

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- Year-to-Date (YTD) returns at the Nigerian bourse on Wednesday went down 16.14 percent as Nigerian stocks ended the year on a negative note with all-share index and market capitalisation declining 0.08 percent to close at 34,657.15 basis points and  N11.478 trillion respectively. According to the […]

Nigerian naira, stocks end year sharply down

Wed Dec 31, 2014/Reuters The Nigerian naira rose against the dollar in thin trade but closed at 181.50, a 13 percent fall on the year from last December’s 160.60, according to Thomson Reuters data. The stock market ended the year down 16 percent. The central bank devalued the naira at […]