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Kenya Equity Watch | 14 Aug 2015: Nairobi Securities Exchange ends in negative zone … market capitalization US$179 million …

Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa) — Nairobi Securities Exchanges ended in negative region, as a result the market capitalization plunged by 0.84 percent or KES 18.10 billion (almost US$179 million) to end at KES 2,130 billion relative to market capitalization of KES 2,148 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index slightly rose by 0.02 percent or 0.71 points to close at 4,496.23 points but the Nairobi All Share Index declined…

South Africa Market Watch | 14 Aug 2015: Bear torments the JSE’s traders, with loses across the main sectors

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) —Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) ended in the red zone, with loses across the main sector indices. Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share plunged by 554.26 or 1.08 percent to close at 50,821.18 points and the JSE Top 40 index sagged by 536.52 points or 1.17 percent to end at 45,341.19 points. On the same trend, financial sector index fell by 0.98 percent or 446.22 points at 44,888.61 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 14 Aug 2015: Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange maintains uptrend … investors add US$39 million

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) maintained its positive runs at end of today’s trading session after surging by 9.52 points or 0.37 percent to close at 2,601.97 points. The Tanzanian domestic Share Index rose by 8.60 points or 0.19 percent to close at 4,611.56 points. The Banks, Finance & Investment sector index advanced by 19.29 points or 0.66 percent to close at 2,942.77 points…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 14 Aug 2015 : Equity trading on the Stock Exchange of ended on mixed mood … SEMDEX down but SEM10 up

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — Equity trading on the Stock Exchange of ended on mixed mood today. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) plunged by 0.04 percent or 0.73 points to close at 1,965.02 points but the SEM10 index closed at 376.36 points after gaining 0.25 points or 0.07 percent. The market capitalization fell by MUR 81 million (US$1.2 million) to close at MUR 218.491 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MUR…

South Africa’s Standard Bank H1 profit rises 27 percent

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) – Africa’s biggest lender by assets, Standard Bank, on Friday released our interim results for 2015. The Bank delivered solid growth in Africa during the first half of the year despite economic challenges facing sub-Saharan Africa. The Standard Bank Group headline earnings increased by 27% to R10 529 million and headline earnings per share (HEPS) increased by 27% to 651 cents. Results highlights for the six months to 30 June 2015:…

Egypt Equity Watch | 13 Aug 2015: Egyptian Echange ends on negative note, equities lose US$90 million in market cap ..

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- On Thursday, Egyptian equity markets ended in red zone and the market capitalization lost EGP 700 million (US$89.6 million) to end at EGP 484.9 billion; relative to EGP 485.6 billion recorded at previous day trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 dropped 0.40 percent or 32 points to end the day below the 7,879 points. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 also slide 0.7 percent or 9.84 points to 1,391 points. EGX70, which measures small and mid-cap…

Morocco Equity Watch | 13 Aug 2015: Blood on Casablanca Stock Exchange, indices and market cap down

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) plunged by 0.44 percent to close at 9,653.11 points (with a year-to-date performance to 0.34 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 491.762 billion and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 51.465 million. Likewise, Moroccan most active share index (MADEX) closed at 7,911.88 points (fell by 0.47 percent compared to previous trading session). Also, FTSE CSE…

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