Analysis: Indices

MTN in talks to buy remaining IHS Holdings stake in $2.76 billion deal

MTN Group, Africa's biggest mobile operator, said on Thursday it is in advanced talks to buy the 75% stake it does not already own in IHS Holdings, in a deal that could value the tower infrastructure...

Shell misses profit expectations, but keeps buyback pace

Shell missed fourth-quarter profit expectations on Thursday with an 11% drop to the lowest level since early 2021 amid weaker oil prices, but kept its bumper share buyback programme. ...

China's Aerospace Times Feipeng ramps up global expansion amid fierce domestic drone competition

Chinese civil drone maker Aerospace Times Feipeng is accelerating its global expansion push with a focus on Southeast Asia and the Middle East, as it seeks to navigate intense domestic competition, a...

US, Mexico to develop coordinated trade policies on critical minerals

The United States and Mexico on Wednesday unveiled a 60-day plan to develop coordinated trade policies aimed at mitigating vulnerabilities in critical mineral supply chains, including possible price...

Trump's one-year African Growth act extension offers brief but fragile trade reprieve, analysts say

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 4 - Washington's one-year extension of its preferential trade programme for Africa will deliver only a short-lived reprieve for the continent, analysts said, with South Africa's...

Nasdaq proposes 'fast entry' rule to speed up index inclusion of large new listings

Nasdaq has proposed a new rule to speed up the addition of newly listed large companies to its index, seeking to address delays that have left major IPOs and exchange transfers outside the benchmark...

Jeff Bezos' Washington Post guts staff, shrinks news coverage

STORY: The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, began widespread layoffs on Wednesday , in a move that will drastically shrink the size of the newspaper. That's according...

How India is likely to shield its farmers in US trade deal

India and the United States have struck a trade deal to cut U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50% in exchange for New Delhi halting purchases of Russian oil and lowering trade barriers. ...

Ghana's consumer inflation slows for 13th consecutive month in January

Ghana's consumer inflation slowed for the 13th consecutive month to 3.8% year-on-year in January from 5.4% in December, signalling price stability in the cocoa-producing West African nation, its...

South African business activity stabilises in January, PMI shows

South Africa's private sector business conditions stabilised in January after a challenging end to 2025, as demand steadied and price pressures eased, an S&P Global survey showed on Wednesday. ...

South African rand gains after PMI shows stable business conditions

The South African rand gained on Wednesday after a purchasing managers' survey showed improved business conditions.  At 1417 GMT the rand traded at 15.9425 against the dollar, about...

US soon to issue general license for oil production in Venezuela, sources say

The U.S. government is working to issue as early as this week a general license allowing companies to produce oil and gas in Venezuela, as Washington seeks to encourage expanded output in the OPEC...

India: A Trade Deal to Return to the Highs

Indian stocks approached their peaks after Donald Trump announced a cut in tariffs. Over the past year, the Nifty 50 has markedly underperformed other emerging market indices.

India to keep some farm protections in US trade deal, will buy US aircraft, arms, energy

India will grant the United States some limited access to its market for agricultural products but maintain key protections, officials from the two countries said on Tuesday as the outlines of a...

JPMorgan closing in on new frontier market local currency debt index, sources say

JPMorgan is finalising plans for a new index to track frontier market local currency bonds, investors consulted on the details told Reuters, as the bank looks to satisfy a growing appetite for riskier...

Africa faces $90 billion debt wall in 2026, S&P says

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 3 - S&P Global Ratings has cautioned that African governments face rising debt risks as hard-currency repayment schedules in 2026 increase pressure on external buffers, contributing...

Ghana offers levy cut as sweetener for higher gold royalty regime, lobby says

Ghana's finance minister has offered to cut a mining levy by two percentage points to help push through a new gold royalty regime that mining companies warn could deter investment, the head of the...

QatarEnergy secures long-term LNG supply deal with Japan's Jera as demand surges

QatarEnergy, one of the world's biggest LNG suppliers, signed a deal on Tuesday with Japan's top power generator Jera to supply 3 million tons of LNG annually for 27 years from 2028, further...

Trump's tariff cut sparks relief in India despite scant details

U.S. President Donald Trump's move to slash tariffs on Indian imports sparked a relief rally across the Asian country's markets on Tuesday, lifting sentiment among exporters and policymakers even as...