Most Traded Stocks
SymbolNameTradesChange %
FIRSTBANKFIRST BANK971 0.07  0.48%
GUARANTYGUARANTY TRUST BANK429 0.04  0.22%
ZENITHBANKZENITH BANK338 0.11  0.70%
UBAUNITED BANK OF AFRICA308 0.35  2.66%
SKYEBANKSKYE BANK296 0.10  1.45%
09/03/10
Top Gainers
SymbolNameChange %
MOBILMOBIL +4.65  5.00%
APAFRICAN PETROLEUM +2.02  4.98%
UACNUNITED AFRICAN COMPANY OF NIGERIA +1.50  3.37%
GUINNESSGUINNESS +1.00  0.78%
BCCBCC +0.75  1.50%
09/03/10
Currency Rates
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Top Losers
SymbolNameChange %
WAPCOWAPCO -1.75  -5.00%
NBCNIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY -1.35  -5.00%
GLAXOSMITHGLAXOSMITH -0.80  -2.93%
ALUMACOALUMACO -0.79  -5.00%
BOCGASBOCGAS -0.51  -4.91%
09/03/10
Top Volume Traded
SymbolNameVolume Change %
ZENITHBANKZENITH BANK30,251,256 0.11  0.70%
FIDELITYBKFIDELITY BANK21,360,595 0.12  4.78%
FIRSTBANKFIRST BANK18,710,984 0.07  0.48%
DIAMONDBNKDIAMOND BANK17,222,848 0.25  2.94%
TRANSCORPTRANSCORP16,679,491 0.01  1.79%
09/03/10
Top Value Traded
SymbolNameValue Change %
ZENITHBANKZENITH BANKN479,866,815 0.11  0.70%
FIRSTBANKFIRST BANKN274,617,985 0.07  0.48%
UBAUNITED BANK OF AFRICAN205,036,356 0.35  2.66%
GUARANTYGUARANTY TRUST BANKN170,491,588 0.04  0.22%
NBNIGERIAN BREWERYN156,579,159 -0.20  -0.33%
09/03/10
Business HeadLines
 
Central Bank focuses on power sector
The recent moves by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to bailout the power sector is worrisome, some finance experts say. The CBN, at the conclusion of its Monetary Policy Committee meeting last week Tuesday, resolved to raise a N500billion Special Fund t...
Has the current Information technology revolution really reached Africa?
The above is a very pertinent question and can be answered from a few standpoints in my view, by looking at the factors that have grown (in geometric progression) Information Technology in western countries compared with growth across most of Africa. (For...
Agro-investment in Africa requires N2.22tr
If agriculture is to be the mainstay to stimulate economic growth, then investments in the sector should go beyond improvements in on-farm productivity to also cover agribusiness and agro industrial development. Geoffrey Mrema, Director, Rural Infrastruct...
NNPC woos international financiers
“The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will either transform or liquidate,” declared Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, group managing director of the corporation, as he flagged off a three-day exploratory meeting with international investment banks t...
Minister wants technical team for N500billion power fund
Minister of Power Lanre Balalola at the weekend called for the setting up of a technical management team for the N500billion power fund set aside by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to boost development of the nation's power sector. "To ensure effective ...
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Accountants say corruption remains major threat
Some finance experts in the education sector have warned that corruption and lack of good corporate governance in business organisations are a threat to national development. Soji Apampa, an Executive Director at Integrity Organisation, a consultancy firm...
‘Sale of banks open to all interested parties’
The Central Bank has stated that the sale of the rescued banks will be made open to all willing investors, local and foreign, even if they are old owners of the banks. The Central Bank's spokesperson, Mohammed Abdullahi, said it is a free and fair competi...
European central banks stand pat
The European Central Bank and the Bank of England left their benchmark interest rates unchanged at historic lows Thursday, as both worried about the strength of the economic recovery. The European Central Bank, which sets monetary policy for the 16 countr...
Nigeria’s United Bank of Africa spreads to Zambia
Nigeria’s United Bank of Africa (UBA) has started operating in Zambia with a capital investment of $15 million as it seeks to expand its influence on the African continent, Chief Executive Officer Abba Bello said on Thursday. Mr. Bello told Reuters one UB...
Now is the time to invest in the capital market, says Peterside
The on-going financial sector reforms and revelation of the true state of health of Nigeria’s banking industry, makes a strong case for investments, Atedo Peterside, chairman of the Stanbic IBTC Bank, said during the ‘Stanbic IBTC 2010 Investor’s Conferen...
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