FCSL WEEKLY REPORT _30TH OCTOBER, 2020

Global Economy –Rundown: The recent European region statistics have revealed that the region economy GDP recorded a 12.7% growth for Q3, and a 12.1% GDP growth was recorded within the European Union States, on a quarter on quarter basis, while their respective year on year GDP remains within the contraction bandwidth. The growth was propelled…

FCSL WEEKLY MARKET REPORT _23RD OCTOBER,2020

Global Economy –Rundown: According to the International Monetary Fund, the Sub Saharan region is projected to contract by 3% for the year 2020, this was the view of the fund in its recent published outlook, given the persistent wave of the economic shock that is expected to be more exacerbated among tourism-dependent economies and commodity-exporting…

The Equity Market rebound from previous slide as ASI & Market capitalization both inched higher by 0.40%, to close at 28,563.87 points and N14,929.87tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI rose to 41%. Volume and No of trades both dipped by 4.67%, and 22.72% to N311.333M and 3375 units respectively, while Value. of trade grew by 11.03%. UACN…

FCSL MONTHLY ECONOMIC SOUNDBITE_ SEPTEMBER 2020

Macro economy The Purchasing Managers Index for the month maintained contractionary bandwidth, as both Manufacturing and Non-manufacturing PMI were 46.9 index points and 41.9 index points respectively. According to the 14 subsectors of the Manufacturing activities surveyed, 4 subsectors were within the expansionary corridor, whereas of the 5 activities level of the manufacturing sectors, only…