China Yuan Assets Not A ‘Bargaining Chip’ For Gamblers, Xinhua Warns
Chinese yuan-denominated assets are not a “bargaining chip” for gamblers, the official Xinhua news agency said in a…
Sub-Saharan Africa Most Expensive Globally To Send And Receive Money
The cost of remittances in sub-Saharan Africa was the highest, averaging 8.17 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020…
Sterling Hits Fresh 3-Year High As Investors Bet On UK Recovery, House Price…
The pound edged lower on Tuesday after touching a fresh three-year high versus the dollar amid expectations for a…
Stock Market Sheds N812bn In May As Investors Weigh Options
The rally witnessed in the equities market in April was halted in May as rising yields in the fixed income…
Australia Central Bank Holds Rates As Economy Bolts Ahead, A$ Slips
Australia’s central bank left its cash rate at record lows on Tuesday and reiterated its lower-for-longer policy…
7,000 Oil Reserves Discovered, Only 1,700 Producing – Nigerian Government
The Federal Government on Monday disclosed that out of 7,000 oil reserves that have been…
We’re Significantly Decongesting Lagos Ports, Says NPA
The Nigerian Ports Authority has said it is making significant progress in decongesting the ports in Lagos with the…
Canada FX Debt-C$ Heads For Monthly Gain As Current Account Swings To Surplus
The Canadian dollar edged lower
against its U.S. counterpart on Monday, but was on track to
notch its fourth…
Nigerian Equities Could Rise, But Upside Is Capped
Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF (NYSEARCA: NGE) provides predominantly U.S. investors with the chance to gain direct…
China C.Bank Says To Raise FX Reserve Requirements
China’s central bank said on Monday that it will raise the FX reserve requirement ratio for financial institutions…
Nigerians Trade N69.29bn Bitcoin In Five Months Despite Ban
Nigerians traded N69.29bn ($169m) in bitcoin volume in the first five months of 2021, according to data analysed…
Yuan Stabilises After New FX Requirements, Corp Clients Told To Hedge
China's yuan clawed back
earlier losses on Tuesday taken after authorities ordered banks
to increase…
Pound’s Gain To Three-Year High Cut Short Amid Variant Concerns
The pound retreated after hitting its strongest level in three years as concern over a new coronavirus strain…
Precious-Gold Prices Near 5-Month Peak On Weaker Dollar, Inflation Worries
Gold prices scaled a near five-month high on Tuesday, driven by a weaker dollar and growing inflationary pressures,…
NNPC Plans To Acquire Stakes In Six Private Refineries
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Monday said it is currently considering equity…
Economy Can Handle The Sharp Rise In Inflation, Market Bull Ed Yardeni Predicts
The post-lockdown spending frenzy may contribute to a sharp rise in inflation, but Ed Yardeni believes the economy…
Stock Investments Drop By N1.02trn As Buyers Shift To Fixed Income
Investments on the Nigerian stock market declined by N1.022 trillion in the first five months of the year.…
Nigeria Opens Bid For Highway Development, Management
The initiative is aimed at creating alternative sources of financing road development and management in the…
Federal Government: $40bn Investments Needed To Boost Power Supply In Nigeria
The federal government has said that there’s still a lot of financing gap in the country’s power sector, requiring…
Corrected-Forex-Dollar In Doldrums As Traders Ponder Fed Policy Path; Sterling…
The dollar languished near
multi-month lows versus major peers on Tuesday, as traders
pondered the prospects for…
Apprehension As Naira Crashes To N700/£1 At Parallel Market
The foreign exchange (Forex) market in Nigeria was thrown into a panic mood on Monday when the value of the Naira …
Nigerian FX Volumes Rose 0.72pc To $1.25bn Week Ago
ABUJA: A total of $1.250 billion traded across Nigeria's currency markets last week, up 0.72% from a week earlier,…
Bank of America names its ‘best’ stocks to play the U.S. and global recovery
Analysts from Bank of America have picked stocks set to get a boost as economies in the U.S. and Europe recover…
Chinese yuan will become a top reserve currency sooner than expected, says Ray…
The Chinese yuan will become a global reserve currency sooner than most people expect, said billionaire…
Coming Supreme Court decision in major LGBT rights case seen as bellwether of…
The Supreme Court is expected to release a decision in the coming days that could provide the first glimpses of how…
These are Wall Street’s top analysts favorite stocks heading into June
With May coming to a close, Wall Street analysts are fine tuning their recommendations as COVID-19 vaccinations…
Black Wall Street was shattered 100 years ago. How the Tulsa race massacre was…
A century ago this week, the wealthiest U.S. Black community was burned to the ground.
At the turn of the…
U.S futures start month slightly lower after major indexes saw gains in May
Stock futures are slightly lower in overnight trading after major indexes saw gains in May.
Futures on the Dow…
Millions of Americans could face eviction as housing protection expires in June
More than 11 million Americans are behind on their rent and many could be pushed from their homes when the…
Cryptocurrency poses a significant risk of tax evasion
The Biden administration wants to get tougher on tax cheats — and cryptocurrency is an area of interest.…