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Nigeria: Headline Inflation Remains Unchanged In July

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for July today. Headline Inflation for July – measured Year-on-Year (Y-o-Y) – was estimated at 9.2%, unchanged from the rate reported in the Month of June; thus halting a seven consecutive monthly rise in price level since December 2014. According to the NBS report, inflation rate in July was unchanged due to muted rises in…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 12 Aug 2015 : Bear continued to torment the equity traders on Stock Exchange of Mauritius …

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — Bear continued to torment the equity traders on Stock Exchange of Mauritius trading floor. The market capitalization lost MUR 312 billion (US$5 million) to close at MUR 218.096 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 218.408 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) sagged by 0.14 percent or 2.81 points to close at 1,961.46 points and the SEM10 index closed at 374.85 points after losing 2.81 points…

South Africa Market Watch | 11 Aug 2015: South Africa equities market gains, lead by Gold miner gains

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — Monday was National Women day public holiday in South Africa, so the Johannesburg Stock Exchange was closed and reopened today to close on on a bullish momentum. Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share surged by 206.21 or 0.40 percent to close at 52,221.17 points and the JSE Top 40 index climbed by 0.41 percent or 190.59 points to end at 46,622.58 points. On the same trend, financial sector index surged by…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 11 Aug 2015: BRVM composite index gains 0.14%, equity market cap XOF 10 billion up

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa):- BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) main indices closed the trading session this Tuesday, slightly lower than the previous day for BRVM 10, and higher for BRVM Composite. BRVM 10 index decreased from 310.58 to 310.39 points, a drop of 0.06 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 0.14 percent to 302.90 against 302.49 points previously. The equity market capitalization surged by XOF 10 billion to close at…

Ghana Equity Watch | 11 Aug 2015: Ghana equity composite index 0.1% down but financial index 1.54% up … investors lose US$274 million …

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Ghanaian Stock Exchange (GSE) ended in mixed feelings at the end of Tuesday’s trading session. The market capitalization fell by GHS 934 million to close at GHS 63,142 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 64,076 million recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index lost 2.12 points or 0.10 percent to close the day at 2,168.20 points, representing a year- to- date performance 0f -4.11 percent. The financial Index rose by 33.80 points…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 11 Aug 2015: Equity market cap gains US$17 million, DSE index adds 0.15%, local index 0.49% up

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- The bull runs sustained at the end of today’s trading session. The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) climbed by 3.96 points or 0.153 percent to close at 2,600.36 points and the Tanzanian domestic Share Index advanced by 22.52 points or 0.49 percent to close at 4,594.35 points. Likewise, the Industrial & Allied sector index rose by 79.45 point or 1.29 percent to end at 6,256.61…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 11 Aug 2015: Stock Market Bears Resurface …NSE ASI down 56bps.

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Following a marginal gain recorded yesterday, Nigerian equities market benchmark index yielded to sell pressure today, as the All Share Index (ASI) dipped 0.6% to berth 31,269.71pts. Today’s bearish outcome was on account of price depreciation in DANGCEM (-0.5%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-4.2%) and CONOIL (-9.7%). Market capitalization contracted N60.6bn to settle at N10.7tn. Market activity however improved as volume rose 91.5% to 281.0m units while value surged 102.7% to…

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