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Market Watch: Emerging Assets Rally Fourth Day Amid Bull Market in Commodities

LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Emerging-market stocks rose for a fourth day with currencies as a surge in commodities boosted the outlook for exporting nations along with signs U.S. interest-rate increases will be gradual. Philippine shares climbed to a one-year high, Korean equities jumped and a gauge of Chinese mainland companies traded in Hong Kong capped its longest winning streak since April 2015. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index was poised for the steepest gain in almost two…

Market Watch | Emerging Markets Rally as Traders Scale Back Bets on Fed Rate

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Emerging-market currencies headed toward the steepest advance in more than two months while stocks and bonds climbed as the weakest U.S. jobs data since 2010 boosted optimism the Federal Reserve will delay raising interest rates. The MSCI Emerging Markets Currency Index added 0.9 percent at 12:55 p.m. in London, led by Indonesia’s rupiah and Malaysia’s ringgit. A measure of developing-market stocks rose for a third day, topping its 50-day moving average. Philippine…

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…

Market Watch | Emerging Assets Decline as Fed Move in June Seen as Possibility

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Emerging-market stocks and currencies fell to two-month lows as Federal Reserve minutes revived the possibility of an interest-rate increase as soon as next month, raising the specter of capital flows out of riskier assets. Raw-material producers led Brazilian equities toward a one-month low. Egyptian stocks posted a weekly loss after an EgyptAir plane went missing with 66 people on board. South African gold mining companies dropped, ending a four-day rally in…

Kenyan shilling softens to new 3-year low, stocks rise

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Kenyan shilling softened to a three-year low on Thursday due to strong dollar demand by companies seeking to settle their bills at the end of the month, traders said. At close of trade, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 94.60/70 to the dollar, from Wednesday’s close of 94.55/65.The shilling weakened to 94.75/85 in intraday trade, lows last seen in November 2011, before recovering amid concerns the central bank may intervene and…

Afrinvest Nigeria’s Daily Stock Market Report: 2 February 2015

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Recent Gains in Oil Prices Excite Equities… NSE ASI up 108bps The Nigerian Bourse started the week on a positive note as All Share Index – the benchmark index of Nigerian equity market rebounded, gaining 1.1%. Market Capitalization also added N106.7bn to close at N10.0tn. The uptrend today was majorly driven by the appreciation in bellwether stocks — Nigerian Breweries (4.9%), Dangote Cement (1.1%) and GTBank (2.3%). Despite the significant pull-back in the market, most…

FBN Securities Nigerian Market Wrap: 29 January 2015

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The bears had the upper hand in the market today with increased foreign selling amid growing political and economic uncertainties. Financials were the worst hit as offers outstripped demand 3:1 in most names. Zenith(-4.99%) and Diamond(-4.81%) took a beating and both closed on net offer, the former having over 2mln shares at the day’s low. Diamond closed at N3.76, 35% off its 2014 rights price of N5.80. Guaranty dipped -4.31% intraday but subsequent value buying…

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