The Markets | - Part 231

Commodities Stand on Brink of Bull Market After Oil’s Recovery

LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Commodities are approaching a bull market after prices rebounded from the lowest in at least 25 years on a rally in oil, soybeans and zinc. The Bloomberg Commodity Index, which tracks returns from 22 raw materials, climbed 0.7 percent to 87.31 by 8:44 a.m. in New York. A close above 87.45 would mark a 20 percent advance, meeting the common definition of a bull market. Prices briefly surpassed that level today….

Market Watch: Emerging Stocks Climb to Four-Week High as Turkish Bonds Advance

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Emerging-market stocks headed for its highest close in four weeks as rising oil prices bolstered optimism the global economy is strong enough to withstand an U.S. interest-rate increase. Turkish bonds rallied after core inflation fell the most in more than a year. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index capped a 0.4 percent advance for the week after Brent crude closed above $50 a barrel and OPEC ministers said global oil markets…

Nigeria Said to Plan Bond Investor Meetings in London Next Week

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Nigerian officials are meeting bond investors in London next week, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the government considers tapping international debt markets to help finance its record budget deficit. Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun will head the meetings on June 7, which have been arranged by Standard Chartered Plc, according to the person, who asked not to be identified because he’s not authorized to comment publicly. Abraham Nwankwo, head of…

Crude Oil | OPEC Ministers Say Oil Market Moving in Right Direction

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: OPEC ministers gathering in Vienna for the group’s biannual meeting said the oil market is moving in the right direction as a supply glut dissipates. While Saudi Arabia — the architect of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ current policy — remained silent, ministers from the United Arab Emirates and Nigeria signalled that the strategy of letting low prices eradicate surplus production is working. Some of the world’s biggest oil traders…

Buhari Gives Nigeria Central Bank Go-Ahead on Flexible Naira

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Faced with an economy nearing recession and inflation at the highest in almost six years, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has backed down on his refusal to allow the naira to weaken. Buhari has given the central bank the go-ahead to introduce a more flexible exchange-rate system even as he remains opposed to devaluation of the naira, said Garba Shehu, his spokesman. “The president is opposed to devaluing the naira, he has said…

South Africa Bonds | Downgrade Threat Drives South African Companies From Bond Market

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: As South Africa braces for a credit-rating downgrade, the nation’s companies are finding the bond market an unfriendly place. Corporate bond sales in the second quarter have slumped 15 percent from a year earlier to 20.8 billion rand ($1.32 billion), compared with a 10 percent decline across emerging markets, data compiled by Bloomberg show, as volatility and the threat of a cut to junk deter buyers. South African government 10-year yields —…

Ghana’s Biggest IPO Takes Fresh Twist as Sale Set to Reopen

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ACCRA, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa: The controversy surrounding Ghana’s log-jammed initial share sale in its biggest agricultural lender has taken a fresh twist. The Agricultural Development Bank Ltd. said it will ask the West African nation’s securities regulator for permission to reopen the sale to give two state-owned entities — which didn’t participate in the initial public offering — an opportunity to buy shares. That may mean a delay of as much as two months before…

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