The Markets | - Part 140

Bitcoin Above $8,000 After Regulators Spare Toughest Reprisals

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Bitcoin is marching toward its second day of gains as traders showed relief over comments Tuesday by U.S. securities regulators, who called for greater oversight of cryptocurrencies without proposing industry-killing measures. The largest digital token headed to its first back-to-back increase in almost two weeks, rising 4.4 percent to $8,107 by 10:49 a.m. in New York, after earlier rising above $8,600 for the first time this week, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg….

Naspers Asking Investec to Pull `Damaging’ Analyst Report

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Naspers Ltd. asking Investec Ltd. to withdraw an analyst report that it says contains errors and has damaged Africa’s biggest company by market value and its shareholders. In the note dated Jan. 22 seen by Bloomberg News, Investec analysts David Smith and Thapelo Mokonyane said Naspers should be valued at a 30 percent discount to its assets. That’s due to a gradual increase in the number of outstanding shares…

Iron Ore Exports Hit Record as Barclays, Goldman Spar on Outlook

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The global iron ore industry got off to a very strong start in 2018 with record exports from key shippers just as Barclays Plc and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. duel about whether high prices will last amid a debate about prospects for demand in China and rising mine supply. Exports from Australia’s Port Hedland were 41.1 million metric tons in January, according to the Pilbara Ports Authority. That’s a record for the…

This Stock Proves How Much Egyptians Love Their Cigarettes

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – If money talks, the relationship between Egyptians and their cigarettes won’t be changing any time soon. Shares of Cairo-based Eastern Tobacco, which holds a monopoly on cigarette production in Egypt, have hit successive record highs, in both dollar and local-currency terms, after the company posted an increase of almost 161 percent in first-half profit. Eastern Tobacco has been on a upward trend since Egypt let its currency float freely…

Bitcoin Miners Face Shakeout as Only Strongest Survive at $6,000

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – Bitcoin miners face a reckoning as the cryptocurrency’s tumble wipes out profits for all but the industry’s most efficient operators, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Only miners with access to “very cheap” electricity of about 6 cents per kilowatt hour or less can stay profitable after Bitcoin slumped to $6,000 on Tuesday, said Sophie Lu, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance in Beijing. If Bitcoin stays this low…

Bitcoin and Stocks Have More in Common Than You Think: Gadfly

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – Bitcoin has been a plaything for risk-hungry traders and punters rather than a widely held investment or real-world currency. It’s been shunned by banks and banned by governments. Yet it’s still possible that its slide on Monday made the broader market selloff worse, as investors sold assets to compensate for crypto-losses. Marginal as this may be, and you can’t be certain of correlation with something as unstable as digital…

Cryptocurrencies Under Pressure After Bitcoin Dips Below $6,000

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – The rout in cryptocurrencies rolled on, sending Bitcoin to its lowest level since October, as worries over tighter regulation by U.S. authorities and central bankers elsewhere gave traders fresh reasons to exit after a brutal start to 2018. The selloff has now knocked about half a trillion dollars from digital coins since early January. That’s shaken a nascent market whose core attraction — anonymity and decentralization — is being challenged as never before…

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