Weekly Market Review: A Tale of Two Realities Across Global and Local Frontiers
In the week ended October 2, 2026, Nigeria’s financial markets maintained a delicate balance with currency gains and rising reserves offsetting sticky bond yields and equities selling following GTCO’s H1 earnings. Internationally, tech and artificial intelligence mega-caps propelled equities past historic bond yield pressure, while crude oil and gold prices eased as investors weighed geopolitical risks and changing interest rate expectations.