The London Stock Exchange's (LSE) 2019 Companies To Inspire Africa Report has been described as a publication designed to retell the African story and shine the spotlight on the continent’s private sector. Ibukun Adebayo, Director and Co-head Emerging Markets at the London Stock Exchange Group joins CNBC Africa for more.

Alphabet CEO Larry Page is accused of giving a $150 million stock grant to Andy Rubin without getting the board's approval. Rubin was under investigation by the company for sexual harassment at the time.

Following Apple's major downward sales revision which weighed the stock down 10%, the White House is now saying Donald Trump's trade war with China will force other companies to take similar action to revise their earnings forecasts lower too.

The benchmark Nikkei stock index has fallen on its final trading day of 2018. Other Asian stocks have ended the day in positive territory.

Robert Rennie, Sydney-based head of global market strategy at Westpac Banking Corp., talks about Federal Reserve policy, the dollar, Asian stocks and oil.

Stocks in Asia are trading mixed after President Trump indicated he's likely to go ahead with higher tariffs on Chinese imports if talks fail to produce a deal. He told the Wall Street Journal the rate could be either 10 or 25% if he can't make progress with China's leader Xi Jinping when they meet at the G-20 Summit in Argentina.

Nigeria’s Debt Management Office plans to list the country’s 10.69 billion naira Sovereign Green Bond on the Nigerian Stock Exchange later this week.

The Trump administration raised the stakes in its trade dispute with China on Tuesday, saying it would slap 10 percent tariffs on an extra $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, including numerous consumer items, sending stocks in Asia skidding. Ryan Brooks reports.

In today's "Stock Exchange," Bloomberg's Shery Ahn, David Ingles and Haidi Lun discuss the top three stocks to watch in Asia on "First Up."

After ending an eight-day rally last session as profit taking activities on Dangote cement saw the stock shed 2.9 per cent.