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 Political tension, sell-off sustain pressure on NSE’s indices
Political tension ahead of the 2019 general elections, persistent sell-offs, as a reaction and bargain hunting by investors, have continued to spur free fall of equity prices.Guardian
NSE’s ‘bell ringing’ elicits reactions, as stakeholders differ on market’s impact
With the myriads of problems facing the nation’s stock market, stakeholders have expressed divergent views on the relevance of the routine ‘Bell Ringing’ exercise at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the impact on the market.Guardian
Emefiele, Elumelu, IMF for market dealers’ confab
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele; Chairman of UBA, Heirs Holdings and Transcorp, Tony Elumelu; and the Country Chief, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Amine Mati, are among the dignitaries who have confirmed their attendance at the 2018 Financial Markets Conference, organised by the Financial Markets Dealers Association (FMDA)Guardian
There’s need to review listing fees – CEO, Magnartis Finance
Mr. Oluwaseyi Abe, is the Chief Executive Officer of Magnartis Finance and Investments LimitedVanguard
More lies about power and development exposed
The report further explained that “the nation’s power generation plunged by 777.9 megawatts on Monday as output from the hydropower plants and some gas-fired stations including Egbin in Lagos, suffered declines.”Vanguard
Optimism for revived FGN bonds, TBs trading as N364bn hit interbank
The financial markets ended last week with some optimism of revived demand for FGN bonds and treasury bills in the secondary market this week, anchored on expectation of    increased excess liquidity in the interbank money market due to    inflow of N364 billion    from maturing treasury bills.Vanguard
HI’18: Manufacturing firms’ incur more costs, up by 20.2%
Despite the steady decline in the inflation rate over the past 18 months, leading manufacturers quoted in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, which operate across sectors have recorded significant upsurge of 20.2 percent in their operating expenses, OPEX, in the first half of 2018, HI’18. The figure rose to N233.9 billion from N194.6 billion recorded in H1’17.Vanguard
DisCos fault govt’s directive on generation below optimal level
Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have faulted the National Control Centre’s (NCC’s) directive to generation companies (GenCos) to generate electricity below optimal level.The Nation
Nigeria yet to recover from economic recession – Kale
The Statistician-General of the Federation, Yemi Kale, has said Nigeria’s economy has not recovered from the 2016 recession.Punch
Dangote calls for more investment in concrete roads
The AG-Dangote Construction Company has called on governments at all levels to invest more in rigid pavement for road construction.Punch

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