African Market Watch: Friday, 10th April 2015

African Market Watch: Friday, 10th April 2015

BRVM [The Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire]: BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, lower than the previous day for both BRVM 10 index and BRVM Composite. The BRVM 10 index fell from 268.21pts to 266.59pts, a drop of 0.63%. The BRVM Composite index decreased by 0.46% to 257.18pts against 258.38pts previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,345.97 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at…

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Nigeria Capital Market: Week Ended 10th April, 2015

Nigeria Capital Market: Week Ended 10th April, 2015

Investors to Re-price Financial Assets… as 2015 Polls Close Out After the historic Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted a fortnight ago, Nigerians are gearing up for the Gubernatorial and State parliamentary elections scheduled to hold tomorrow, 11th April 2015. The Gubernatorial elections will be held in 29 states while the Parliamentary elections will hold in all the 36 states. In contrast to the public apprehension that preceded the March 28th elections, the generally peaceful…

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Nigeria to limit amount individuals can spend abroad on debit cards

Nigeria to limit amount individuals can spend abroad on debit cards

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s central bank plans to limit the amount commercial bank customers can spend using their debits cards while abroad, an industry group said on Friday, in the latest crackdown on dollar demand to save its dwindling foreign reserves. The bank has been battling to prop up the naira after a sharp fall in the price of oil, Nigeria’s main export, which triggered a sell-off in assets by foreign investors. The Chief Executive…

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African Market Watch: Thurs, 9th April 2015

African Market Watch: Thurs, 9th April 2015

BRVM [The Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire]: BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, lower than the previous day for both BRVM 10 index and BRVM Composite. BRVM 10 index fell from 269.11pts to 268.21pts, a drop of 0.33%. BRVM Composite index decreased by 0.62% to 258.38pts against 259.98pts previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,375.58 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF 248.091…

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African Market Watch: Wed, 8th April 2015

African Market Watch: Wed, 8th April 2015

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 BRVM 10 index, and lower for BRVM Composite. BRVM 10 index rose from 269.02pts to 269.11pts, a gain of 0.03%. BRVM Composite index lost 0.79% to 259.98pts against 262.04pts previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,415.10 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF 462.256…

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African Market Watch: Tuesday, 7th April 2015

African Market Watch: Tuesday, 7th April 2015

BRVM [The Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire]: BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index fell from 269.02pts to 269.20pts, a lost of 0.07%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.23% to 262.04pts against 262.64pts previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,466.06 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF 915.240 million and total volumes recorded at 223,641 shares in…

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Nigeria’s Wema Bank raising $100 mln Tier II capital to grow loans

Nigeria’s Wema Bank raising $100 mln Tier II capital to grow loans

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Wema Bank aims to complete a $100 million Tier II capital raising exercise by the second quarter of this year to fund its growing foreign currency loan portfolio, its chief financial officer said on Thursday. Tunde Mabawonku said the commercial lender also planned to start the process of raising fresh equity capital of between 30 billion naira ($151 million) to 40 billion naira, from strategic investors by the fourth quarter. Mabawonku…

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