Refinitiv offering financial professionals market data, analysis for Nigeria elections

 Refinitiv has launched a dedicated Nigeria election page on its Decision Africa app hosted on its financial markets’ desktop, Eikon. The Nigeria election page features breaking news, market data, and commentary of the upcoming presidential elections in Nigeria. Decision Africa covers African elections and provides analysis, data visualisations as well as interactive graphics across a variety of key economic indicators and capital markets across the continent including foreign exchange, equities and fixed income.

“The Nigeria elections page will keep our clients up to speed on latest developments in the presidential race. It provides a desktop view for financial professionals who require real time information as they process and respond to critical political events affecting equity, FX and FI markets in Africa,” said Nadim Najjar, Managing Director of Middle East & Africa, Refinitiv.

The Nigerian presidential election is taking place on 23rd February 2019. Based in West Africa, Nigeria is considered Africa’s largest economy and the most populous country in the continent.  Millions of voters have registered to vote for several candidates running for the presidency.

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