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South Africa’s SacOil exits Nigeria JV on weaker oil prices

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) :- South Africa’s SacOil Holdings has ended its joint venture with Nigeria’s Nigdel United Oil Company and abandoned its oil licence in that country as softer oil prices forced the firm to cut costs. Global oil prices have dropped by about 40 percent over the last year on oversupply concerns, forcing many companies to avoid risky exploration. Some oil companies are also forming alliances to ride out the…

Dubai’s Emaar plans to float 13 pct Egypt unit on Cairo exchange

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By Matt Smith DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai’s Emaar Properties plans to list a 13 percent stake in its Egyptian unit on Cairo’s stock exchange, the largest listed developer in the United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday. The share sale will comprise of a public offering to retail investors in Egypt, plus a private placement to local and international institutions, according to a filing to the Dubai Financial Market. Emaar did not state when the initial…

EU lawmakers seek ban on “blood metals” in surprise vote

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By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to ban all products that contain “blood metals” sold by African warlords, but the legislation is likely to be blocked by EU governments who fear it would impose an unrealistic burden on business. The surprise result marked a defeat for the pro-business European People’s Party (EPP), the parliament’s biggest grouping, who need fellow centrist allies to pass laws following last year’s EU elections…

Ghana Market Watch | May 20th 2015: Ghana equity market bounces to bullish

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity markets bounced back from yesterday’s slide with gains in two banking stocks propelling the indices. The benchmark Composite Index gained 1.16 points to close trading at 2,317.33, representing a year- to- date return of 2.49%. The Financial Index also added 6.78 points to 2,364.36 with a year-to-date return of 5.38%. The market capitalization was recorded at GHS 64,330.06 million (added GHS 6.3 million from previous market cap). At the close of trading, a total…

Nigeria Market Watch | May 20th 2015: Nigerian Equities Market shed 0.5% and market cap declined N58.7bn

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian Equities Market shed 0.5% to close at 34,533.40pts due to losses in bellwether stocks such as GUARANTY (-2.3%) and NESTLE (-2.8%). Similarly, market capitalization declined N58.7bn to berth at N11.3tn. Nonetheless, market activity measured by volume and value traded increased significantly by 426.8% (1.9bn units) and 32.4% (N5.5bn). The unusual spike in volume traded was majorly due to the 1.5bn units (21.5% of LASACO‘s shares outstanding) of LASACO…

Kenya Market Watch | May 20th 2015: Market cap gains 0.27%, Indices lose..

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index declined by 17.26 percent to 4,924.25 points and Nairobi All Share Index added 0.45 points to close at 167.38. At the same time, the market capitalization gained 0.27 percent to close at KES 2,341.38 billion. Looking at the market activities, OLYMPIA HOLDINGS surged by 8.70 percent to close at KES 5.00 to become today trading sessions’ top gainer. It is followed by TOTAL Kenya which rose…

Botswana Market Watch | May 20th 2015: Botswana stocks on uptrend

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index kept its upward impetus by gaining 46.45 point (0.45 percent) to extended its year to date gains by almost 10% ending with 10,443.37 points. While the foreign composite index remained flat to close at 1,569 points. The equity market capitalization was recorded at BWP 381.325 billion. Looking at market activity, the total volume and total turnover were recorded at 4.091 million and BWP 29.855 million respectively. BIHL GROUP recorded…

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