Tag: Weak

Nigeria’s UAC halts share sale, eyes retail for growth

Tue Apr 5, 2016/Reuters Nigerian conglomerate UAC group has suspended a planned rights issue due to a weak equity market and shareholders had rejected a proposal to issue preference shares via a private placement, Chief Executive Larry Ettah said on Tuesday. Ettah said the capital raising would happen at subsidiary […]

Wall St. turns negative after weak services data

Wed Feb 3, 2016/Reuters By Tanya Agrawal U.S. stocks gave up early gains and turned negative on Wednesday after data showed that the economy’s service sector expanded at a slower-than-expected rate, raising concerns that weakness in manufacturing is spreading to other sectors. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said its […]