FINANCIAL shares, the whipping boy of the markets for the past two years, continued their unprecedented two-day rally yesterday, their dramatic rebound coinciding with the second-highest volume of shares traded in a single day on the JSE.

WHILE the country's economy has crumbled, the Zimbabwean share speculator has been earning returns above inflation, keeping up much better than ordinary citizens.

JSE-listed black-empowered electrical wholesaler ARB Holdings has established a new global company to supply exports to Africa, and is aiming to grow its export revenue from R50m to R250m in the short term.

WHEN I was writing about Argent yesterday, its shares were trading around R13.

The privatisation of Safaricom may have put the Kenyan capital market on the world map, but this close attention by global hedge funds and security traders is coming at a heavy price.

CONSTRUCTION and civil engineering company Sanyati yesterday realised its long-held dream of being among the big sector players when it moved its listing onto the JSE's main board.

AS part of the sanction for allegedly doctoring its financial statement to the tune of N5 billion, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday, finally placed the shares of Cadbury Nigeria Plc on full suspension. The implication is that, trading has been suspended on the shares of the company until further notice.

Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), yesterday finally placed the shares of Cadbury Nigerian Plc. on full suspension, following the decision of the Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST) decision upholding the indictment of the company by the Securities and Exchange Commission over financial mis-statement.

THE stock market rose across the board yesterday on the back of weak annual inflation figures for June.

Investors in the stock market have continued to experience losses, with a significant loss of N333 billion depreciation recorded in their portfolios in the last two activities.

The Capital Markets Authority has licensed Prime Bank to operate as an authorised depository.

South African Ambassador to Nigeria , Mr. Bangumzi Sifingo, has scored the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) high in terms of its return on investment, saying that, it is one of the best in the world.

PLATINUM processor Braemore Resources' shares hovered at 92c after its debut on the JSE yesterday, its price set initially by London's AIM market, where it holds its primary listing.

THE TIMING of platinum processor Braemore Resources' secondary listing on the JSE yesterday was unfortunate but, given the time taken to obtain regulatory approvals, unavoidable.

The National Investments Company Limited (Nicol) had a 33 per cent share rise in its first day of trading at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday.

The trading in The New Vision rights issue commenced on Monday at the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) with over 14 million rights traded. The rights traded at a special counter that registered price fluctuations from a low of sh200, peaking to sh400 before closing at sh255, with a total turnover of sh4.7b.

Over a month after the results of the Safaricom Initial Public Offering (IPO) were unveiled, some investors have not received their refunds.

The bourse is gearing for a tough overhaul after the confirmation of the first-ever woman chief at the Capital Markets Authority.

Mrs Stella Kilonzo has been confirmed as the chief executive officer of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA).

The volume of investments and financial contributions of the Angolan state-owned oil company (Sonangol) towards development reflect its commitment to the country's growth, ANGOP learnt on Tuesday here from the administrator of the company, Sianga Abílio.

The Angolan National Fuel Society (Sonangol) on Tuesday in Luanda's International Trade Fair (FIL 2008) carried out a high-tech laser display of its products and activities, such as research, production and supply of oil, with the aim of attracting the visitors to the company's exhibition stand.

THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange market capitalisation using a fair value exchange rate is almost half of last year's close of US$5,44 billion.

ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange shares rose yesterday as money moved from the highly liquid money market following the start of Phase 4 of the mechanisation programme.

TECHNOLOGY company Datatec is continuing its strong recovery of the past few years, with tough economic conditions failing to dent its performance for the first quarter to May 31.

The initial public offering (IPO) of the Dar es Salaam Community Bank (DCB) has been oversubscribed by more than 350 per cent.