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Nigeria: DMO comfortably raised US$350

Nigerian Debt Management Office held its latest monthly auction of FGN bonds on Wednesday and comfortably raised its target of N70bn (US$350m). The total bid of N186bn was the highest since July 2014 and a sharp increase on the previous month’s N116bn. Local institutional buying picked up on the positive momentum generated by the elections. The offshore community also made an appearance: some players may have re-entered the market, having seen the theory of a…

Nigeria Capital Market: Week Ended 17th April, 2015

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Nigerian Stock Market Weekly Summary and Outlook The NSE ASI added 20bps W-o-W as the index closed at 35,005.42pts. Market capitalization advanced N25.7bn to N11.9tn while YtD performance remained positive at 1.0% at the close of the week. On the contrary, activity level measured by volume traded retreated 45.3%% to 1.9bn units even as value traded declined 23.0% to N19.4bn. The Banking sector topped the sector advancers for the week, rising 1.5% due to rally…

Nigerian Foreign Reserves at Record Low

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According to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), reported levels of the Nigerian External Reserves (“the Reserves”) as at 15th of April 2015 stands at US$29.3bn – its lowest level since 2010. Worthy of note is the fact that the Reserves have been on a downward trend since the beginning of the year on the back of falling global oil prices and CBN’s resolve to defend the Naira. The Reserves has declined US$5.0bn (16.9%) in…

African Market Watch: Thurs, 16th April 2015

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BRVM [The Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire]: BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, higher than the previous day for both BRVM 10 index and BRVM Composite. BRVM 10 index rose from 271.78 to 273.94 points, a gain of 0.79%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.51% to 263.17 against 261.83 points previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,492.71 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF…

Templeton’s Mobius says good time to invest in Nigerian stocks

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LONDON (Reuters) – Veteran emerging markets investor, Franklin Templeton’s Mark Mobius said on Thursday that it was a good time to invest in Nigeria, which he sees as one of the most attractive frontier market destinations. “There are significant challenges ahead, but we believe the positives outweigh the negatives and think it’s a good time to invest in Nigeria – if we are patient and selective,” Mobius, who runs the Templeton Emerging Markets Trust said…

African Market Watch: Monday, 13th April 2015

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BRVM [The Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire]: BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, higher than the previous day for both BRVM 10 index and BRVM Composite. BRVM 10 index rose from 266.59 to 268.45 points, a gain of 0.70%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.56% to 258.63 against 257.18 points previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,381.82 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF…

The Abraaj Group closes US$990 Sub-Saharan Africa fund

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Dubai, UAE, 13 April 2015: The Abraaj Group (“Abraaj” or “The Group”), an investor operating in global growth markets, today announced the final close of its third dedicated Sub-Saharan Africa private equity fund at US$ 990 million. Abraaj Africa Fund III (“AAF III” or the “Fund”) received support from a diverse range of global institutional investors, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and development finance institutions. 64% of the capital committed to the Fund has come…

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