The huge rise in banks’ non-performing loan ratio triggered by the prevailing economic downturn has become a source of worry to capital market operators.

As the country continues to contend with serious political challenges, stock experts have decried the effect on market activities, urging the political gladiators both the ruling and main opposition parties to embrace dialogue and urgently chart a way forward for the economy.   Specifically, they argued that the Nigerian capital market should have wriggled out…

The market capitalisation of listed equities yesterday shed N85 billion in six hours of trading to what traders attributed to profit taking as a result of the presidential election.

As the Federal Government steps up plans to offer more of its assets for sale under the ongoing privatisation programme, stakeholders in Nigeria’s capital have renewed the call to ensure that the exercise is done through the capital market.

The ongoing volatility in the nation’s stock market, occasioned by continued selloffs and assessed political risks, has spurred an unprecedented lull in the market, as investors count losses worth N756 billion in September.

For the much-awaited demutualisation of the exchange to attract huge investment needed to rejuvenate the stock market, experts have stressed the need for regulators...