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Nigeria Market Watch | May 21st 2015: Nigerian Equities Maintains 3-Day Losing Streak

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Nigerian Bourse suffered a third straight day of losses as the benchmark index- All Share Index- lost 21bps to close at 34, 459.8points. This decline was broadly driven by losses recorded in SEPLAT (-3.6%), ZENITH (-0.9%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-0.4%). In light of this, market capitalization also declined by N25.0bn to close at N11.7tn for the day. Similarly, market activity weakened as volume and value traded declined 89.6% and 75.3%…

Mauritius Market Watch | May 21st 2015: Mauritius equity market indices were up during the session

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):-Mauritius equity market indices were up during the session. The Semdex and the SEM-10 gained 0.17 percent and 0.34 percent respectively. Market turnover amounted to MUR 19.4m mainly geared towards SUN, CIEL and MCB Group which accounted for 55.9 percent of total market turnover. From the market movers’ viewpoint, MCB Group reached low of MUR 204.75 before closing unchanged at MUR 205.00 on 9,500 shares exchanged. Whilst SBM Holdings grew by 1.1 percent to MUR…

Egypt Market Watch | May 21st 2015: Egypt equities surge by EGP 4.2bn

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):-Egyptian equity market halt it positive momentum today. The market capitalization gave up EGP 4.2 billion compared to yesterday’s loss of EGP 2.4 billion to close at EGP 504.532 billion. The benchmark index EGX30 rose by 1.8 percent or 161.58 points to close the day at 8,988.03 points (0.69 percent year-to-date performance). On the same note, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 gained 1.85 percent to settle at 480.58 points (-15.00 percent year-to-date return)….

Gem Diamonds’ revenue rises on Letseng’s high-grade diamonds

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Lesotho (Capital Markets in Africa): – Gem Diamonds Ltd said its sales increased in the year to date as it sold more high-grade diamonds from its flagship Letseng mine in Lesotho despite a weaker diamond market. Gem Diamonds said it earned an average of $2,146 per carat in the first three tenders of 2015, compared with $2,140 in the fourth quarter of 2014. The miner, which expects production at its Ghaghoo mine in Botswana to…

South Africa’s central bank keeps repo rate steady at 5.75 pct

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Pretoria, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa): – South Africa’s Reserve Bank left interest rates unchanged as expected on Thursday but warned the deteriorating inflation outlook meant the stance cannot be “maintained indefinitely”. The bank has kept its benchmark rate steady at 5.75 percent since July last year as Africa’s most advanced economy struggles with power shortages being the biggest risk as state utility Eskom fails to cope with demand. But rising electricity and oil prices…

Tiger Brands’ Nigerian arm hit by naira weakness

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa):- – Tiger Brands, South Africa’s biggest consumer foods manufacturer, reported flat first-half earnings on Wednesday, weighed down by its operations in Nigeria. Tiger Brands, which makes cereal, energy drinks, pasta and rice, said diluted headline earnings per share fell by 1 percent to 837 cents in the six months ended March. Headline earnings per share is the main profit gauge in South Africa that strips out certain one-off items. Sales…

Cameroon cocoa exports up 24 pct y/y in April

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Younde, (Capital Markets in Africa):- Cameroon cocoa exports jumped 24 percent to 181,893 tonnes year-on-year by end-April since the start of the 2014/15 season on Aug. 1, data from the sector’s regulator showed on Tuesday. Statistics from the National Cocoa and Coffee Board (NCCB) showed that Africa’s fourth biggest grower shipped 4,384 tonnes of cocoa beans in April, down from 10,810 tonnes in March. But exports rose slightly, compared with 3,043 tonnes exported during the same…

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