TOKYO – Profit-taking pulled the benchmark Japanese index down from a six-year high, while Hong Kong’s index notched its highest close this year. The Nikkei 225...
LONDON – The number of people without jobs across the 17 countries that share the euro fell in October by the largest amount since April 2011,...
ABUJA – About $5.4bn (N864bn) has so far been invested in the Nigerian bond market by foreign investors, the Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms...
TOKYO – On October 14, the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security, which was established by the initiative of the Government of Japan, decided to...
TUNIS – With African Development Bank support, six African nations – Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Mali and Mozambique – made it through...
LONDON – Sterling jumped while shares in U.K. housebuilders slid after the Bank of England said it would scale back its support for mortgage lending. Persimmon...
TOKYO – The bulls are back in Tokyo. The Nikkei Stock Average jumped Thursday, breaking through its May closing high during trading, helped by another surge...
ABUJA – In a bid to strengthen government revenue ahead of the 2014 fiscal year, the Federal Government on Wednesday said it is targeting N2.95 trillion...
ABUJA – The Director-General, Security Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh, yesterday announced that Nigeria’s capital market grew by 38.8 per cent in 2013.The growth, with...
TOKYO – Asian stock markets were higher Thursday, led by a rally in Tokyo after the yen slumped to a six-month low against the dollar overnight....