Trading News

World stock markets slumped on Monday (Jan. 27), on the back of fears over the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed 81 people in China and infected over 2700 more.

New Year optimism, which had pushed world equity markets to new records, evaporated  on the back of renewed unrest in the Middle East, with investors dumping equities in favour of traditional safe havens.

Coop Pank, based on Estonian capital, has raised in its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange 37.9 million euros with around 11000 investors subscribing to its shares. 

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) gave a green light to Alibaba shares secondary listing as the Chinese e-commerce giant aims to raise as much as $15 billion more from the public, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday (Nov. 13).

Saudi Aramco announced its intention to proceed with its initial public offering (IPO) on the Main Market of Tadawul, the domestic bourse.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has confirmed its plans to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) via Initial Public Offer (IPO) of global depositary receipts (GDR), representing Class D or

New York-based Nasdaq, the world's second-largest stock exchange, has listed CIX100, an index of crypto market’s top 100 performers. Powered by artificial intelligence, the CIX100 is created by crypto data provider Cryptoindex.com.

Jamaica stock exchange (JSE) conquered the world last year. The J$1.5tn (US$11bn) stock exchange was ranked number one performing bourse in the world by Bloomberg as the Caribbean nation's main index rose 29 percent in U.S.

Romania is promoted to Emerging Market from Frontier Market status, the global index provider FTSE Russell announced on September 26 this year.

The Santiago Stock Exchange, the Central Securities Depository (DCV) and Global Trade Directory (GTD) will form a blockchain association for stabilising the Chilean stock market and luring in domestic and international investors.