Govts, Companies Raise N4.6trn From Capital Market In Five Months       Nigerian governments and companies have raised some N4.6 trillion in new capital from the capital market so far this year, already more than 100 per cent above the total capital raising recorded for the whole...

Five Firms Account For 70% Of Nigeria’s Stock Market Value       Dangote Cement Plc and four other companies accounted for about 69.59 per cent of the market capitalisation of equities on the Nigerian Exchange Limited as of the end of April. The other companies are MTN Nigeria...

Stock Investors Lose N600bn, Market Cap Drops Below N20trn       Investors in the Nigerian stock market lost N600bn last week as the market capitalisation of equities fell below the N20tn mark. The Nigerian Exchange Limited All-Share Index and market capitalisation declined by 2.93 per cent to close...

Investors Dump Equities Amid Anxieties Over CBN’s Rate Call         Nigerian equities closed at the weekend with a net loss of N604 billion as anxieties over the likely decisions of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on benchmark interest rate and other monetary policy tools fuelled...

Firms Borrowed N258.59bn From Bond Market Amid COVID-19 – SEC       More companies tapped the Nigerian bond market in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic as they raised a total of N258.59bn, the highest on record, according to data from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC data...

NGX Declines Further By N301bn On Losses By Blue Chips       Major blue chips posted price depreciation on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Wednesday, forcing the market capitalisation to drop by N301 billion in one day. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N20.339 trillion lost N301...