Business
Capital Market Downturn: Operators Blame CBN
The Central Bank of Nige
ria (CBN) has been blamed for the sustained decline in the prices of traded shares at the Nigerian Capital Market.
The operators said the market depreciation is linked to the CBN’s tight monetary policies which had impacted negatively on the market.
The market operators noted that the investing public was seriously concerned over the liquidity squeeze foisted on the market by the bank’s policies.
The President, Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria (ASHON), Mr. Emeka Madubuike, said that the association was not happy with the current market trend.
Madubuike said that the CBN’s proposed increase of cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) on the public sector to 100 per cent had created fear among operators.
He also said that the development had created market instability and equity sales pressure.
Madubuike, who is also the Managing Director of Compass securities and Investment Ltd, said that the US quantitative tapering contributed to the market’s instability with the exit of foreign investors.
He said that the rapid exit of foreign investors and the attendant capital flight had made it imperative for active participation of more domestic investors in the market.
The Compass MD noted that the association would continue to map out strategies aimed at increasing local participation and enhanced market stability.
In a related development, the Managing Director, Standard Union Securities Ltd, Mr Sehinde Adenagbe, said that the market value creation was not encouraging.
Adenagbe also attributed the downward trend in the market to CBN’s issues bordering on CRR and the developments at the international financial industry, adding that the banks were exiting the market in preparation for the CBN’s recent pronouncement on CRR.
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