The Markets | - Part 211

How much will OPEC’s decision to cut 1.2 million b/d bolster oil price?

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – In what has been described as a ‘historic decision,’ OPEC member nations have agreed to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day (b/d) for six months, beginning 1 January 2017. The group has stated that to rebalance the oil market, cuts are necessary not only from OPEC, but also from other key producers. OPEC stated that these non-OPEC producers can achieve at least 600,000 b/d in additional production cuts, with…

Mozambique bondholders call debt-restructuring deadline a “pipe dream”

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MAPUTO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Debt-ridden Mozambique has no chance of meeting its year-end deadline for a restructuring deal, according to investors who are preparing to dig in their heels until the country comes clear on what it owes and to whom. The southern African country, one of the world’s poorest, has seen its currency and investor confidence collapse since April, when the International Monetary Fund halted a loan after uncovering previously undisclosed debts that…

Citi Makes a Clarion Call for Commodity Bulls With 2017 View

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Citigroup Inc. has given a clarion call for commodity bulls, predicting that most raw materials are expected to perform strongly next year as global economic growth picks up, the oversupply that’s dogged markets finally dissipates and investors plow in more funds. The bank is bullish on oil, copper, zinc, and wheat on a six to 12-month horizon, with global growth seen at 2.7 percent from 2.5 percent in 2016, according to an e-mailed…

Nigeria Third Quarter 2016 Trade Deficit Narrows on Currency Controls and Weaker FX Rate

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released Q3: 2016 Foreign Trade Statistics on 1st December 2016. The report showed Q-o-Q improvement in trade deficit which narrowed to the lowest in 2016 as an impact of the weaker exchange rate in the period inflated exports data (reported in Naira) while currency controls pared growth in imports. Trade deficit improved 78.5% Q-o-Q to N104.1bn from N484.2bn in Q2:2016 while Merchandise trade (sum…

Egypt’s Banque Misr seeks central bank-guaranteed syndicated loan

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biggest lenders by assets, is raising a five-year syndicated loan guaranteed by the country’s central bank, sources close to the situation said. The bank has mandated ADIB Capital and Credit Suisse to arrange the transaction, which was launched to syndication in the second half of November. ADIB Capital is the investment banking arm of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank’s Egyptian subsidiary. The loan, an amortising facility, is expected to be about $350 million and offers a…

Tanzania’s Vodacom files prospectus for share offering

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DAR ES SALAAM (Capital Markets in Africa) – Vodacom Tanzania, part of South Africa’s Vodacom Group, has filed a prospectus with Tanzania’s capital markets regulators for an initial public offering (IPO), the company’s managing director told Reuters on Monday. Tanzania’s biggest mobile phone operator filed its application for an IPO with the state-run Capital Markets and Securities Authority (CMSA) and Dar es Salaam stock exchange (DSE) on Friday, managing director Ian Ferrao said in a…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 23 Nov 2016: Bulls Creep into The Market … NSE ASI up 21bps

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The hunt for a bargain in value counters halted the erstwhile unrelenting negative performance of the benchmark index as the NSEASI gained 21bps to close at 25,517.00 points at the end of the trade. Accordingly, market capitalization advanced by N19.2bn to settle at N8.8tn. Today’s positive performance was largely as a result of bargain hunting in NESTLE (+1.3%), GUARANTY (+1.2%), PZ (+4.9%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+0.2%). Market activity was…

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