Nigeria | - Part 69

Nigerian “Budget of Change”…How much can it achieve? — Afrinvest

LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: One year into the transition from President Jonathan to the Buhari led administration; the burden on Government remained the need to rejuvenate the Nigerian economy which has suffered from the declining global oil prices, poor governance structure, sub-optimal fiscal crisis, and monetary policy actions. Recent domestic macroeconomic numbers have suffered from both global and domestic shocks which currently threaten the economic fundamentals of the country. The recent data published…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 24 May 2016: Market Closes Positive, Up 80bps… MPC Embraces Flexibility

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: As investors awaited the outcome of the MPC meeting, trading across the board was mostly cautious as marginal gains were offset by marginal losses until a mild rally that was recorded in market bellwethers in the final trading minutes ensured a positive close for the day. Consequently, the All Share Index rose 0.8% to settle at 27,231.50 points. Investors gained N74.0bn as market capitalisation rose to N9.4tn. Price appreciation in…

Nigerian Monetary Policy Committee Embraces Flexibility — Afrinvest

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at the conclusion of its 3rd meeting for the year decided to hold all rates unchanged. More specifically, the Committee decided to; Retain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 12.0% Maintain the asymmetric corridor around the MPR at +200/-500bps Retain Cash Reserves Ratio (CRR) at 22.5% Keep the Liquidity Ratio (LR) at 30.0% Adopt flexibility of the interbank exchange rate market with a small…

Investment | Nigeria Talking With Ansteel of China Over $4.5 Billion Project

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Nigeria is in talks with companies including Ansteel Group Corporation of China to revive its $4.5 billion Ajaokuta steel complex, according to solid minerals development minister Kayode Fayemi. While construction of Ajaokuta started over three decades ago along the Niger River in central Nigeria with a planned production of 5 million metric tons annually, it was never completed. President Muhammadu Buhari wants to revive the factory project to diversify Africa’s largest economy which relies on oil,…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 23 May 2016: Market trends Southwards as MPC Meeting begins …NSE ASI down 42bps

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: The Nigerian Equities market opened in the red, for the first time in 5 weeks as profit taking thrived, following the impressive gains that were recorded in the previous week. As a result, the All Share Index slid 0.4% to settle at 27,015.97 points. In the same vein, market capitalisation reduced by N34.7bn to N9.3tn. The major drags to market performance today were ZENITH (-4.9%), ACCESS (-4.7%) and NIGERIAN…

Nigeria | Violent Struggle Over Oil and Money Rattles Global Energy Market

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: After years of relative peace, militants are again blowing up the pipelines that criss-cross the mangrove swamps of Nigeria’s Niger River delta, reducing oil output to the lowest in almost three decades and fueling a rally in global crude prices. The resurgent conflict in Africa’s largest economy has a long history, interweaving corruption and poverty with regional rivalries and presidential politics, but at its core is money. Between 2006 and…

Bank of America Closes Long Nigeria Trades, Seeing Oil Correction

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Bank of America closes recommendation to short ZAR/RUB, long Russia 2043 Eurobond vs Turkey 2043, seeing crude oil “vulnerable to a correction” in short term, analysts David Hauner and Arko Sen say in note to clients. Also closes long Nigeria 2023s vs Ivory Coast 2024s trade. In long term Bofa remains positive on oil, seeing Brent “consistently above $50” from 4Q in 2017. In addition, Bofa continues to likes…

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