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JSE resource-stock slump may just be getting started
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May 5, 2016--A drop of more than 6% this week for JSE-traded resources stocks may presage further declines, say analysts citing indicators and excessive optimism among investors.
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Source: FIN24
May 4, 2016--Investors invested about N182.845 billion in 46.758 billion between January and April 2016.
Statistics obtained by THISDAY showed that investors staked N99 billion on 18.336 billion shares in January and February and N83.845 billion on 28.433 billion shares in March and April 2016.
Source: allafrica.com
May 4, 2016--Investors from Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries are increasingly looking at opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa.
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May 4, 2016--South Africans should prepare themselves for more drastic shifts in the rand as the rating downgrade looms, an analyst has warned after the rand went from R14.23 to R14.72.
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Source: FIN24
May 3, 2016--Equity market investors have suffered heavy losses in Nigeria and Ghana but enjoyed good returns in South Africa for the four months ended April 29 2016.
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May 3, 2016--The rand has fallen as much as 1.4% against the dollar, weighed down by a combination of global risk aversion and a surge in domestic corporate import demand.<
Source: FIN24
May 3, 2016--After an extended period of strong economic growth, many sub-Saharan African countries have been hit by a multiple of shocks-the sharp decline in commodity prices, tighter financing conditions, and a severe drought in southern and eastern Africa.
Growth fell in 2015 to its lowest level in some 15 years and is expected to slow further to 3 percent in 2016. The growth performance, however, differs across countries, with most oil importers faring reasonably well.
Source: IMF
April 29, 2016--Share prices have mostly been lower as the market's attention turned to the rand, which strengthened to its best level in a week on the back of a weaker dollar.
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Source: FIN24
April 29, 2016--The rand has firmed against the dollar, holding on to a one-week high buoyed by risk appetite after a string of disappointing data releases from the United States.
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Source: FIN24
April 28, 2016--Nigeria's troubled economy is a source of worry for its managers and citizens.
But with the recent measures adopted by the CBN to tackle the headwinds and government's commitment to diversifying the economy, Nigeria appears set to take a turn for the better come 2018.
Soure: AllAfrica.com