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Tanzania Equity Markets | 20 Oct 2015 : Tanzania equities move toward the north falls, market cap gains US$10 million …

DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania, Capital Markets in Africa — On Tuesday, the Bull reappeared at the Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange equity trading floor to pull into the North Pole. The equity market capitalization surged by TZS 21.9 billion (about US$10 million) to end at TZS 21,048 billion relative to a market capitalization of TZS 21,054 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange All Share index (DSEI) declined by…

Cote D’Ivoire Stock Markets | 20 Oct 2015: Bear visits the BRVM Bourse, Market Capitalization US$10 million lower …

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Capital Markets in Africa — BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session this Tuesday lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 303.63 to 302.43 points, a drop of 0.40 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.08 percent at 303.50 points against 303.73 points previously. The equity market capitalization dropped XOF 5.6 billion (about US$9.6 million) to close at XOF 7,489 billion relative to the previous trading…

Morocco Equity Markets | 20 Oct 2015: Morocco Stock back to red, investors US$2 million worse, MADEX 0.02% lower …

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa —The bullish trends subdued at the end of the Tuesday’s trading session, with equity indices and market capitalization. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) slightly faltered by 0.02 percent to end at 9,029.05 points (with a year-to-date performance to -6.14 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 454.870 billion (a decrease of MAD 20 million or US$2.1 million relative to previous market capitalization of MAD 454.890 billion)….

Mauritius Equity Markets | 20 Oct 2015 : Positive momentum continues, investors gain US$14 million, indices higher …

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The Stock Exchanges of Mauritius sustained the positive sentiment started yesterday, so the equity markets ended in the green zone. The equity market capitalization ended at MUR 208.180 billion after gaining MUR 476 million (about US$13.5 million) compared to the previous market capitalization of MUR 207.704 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) gained 0.23 percent or 4.27 points to close at 1,869.41 and SEM10 index grew…

Bank of Uganda raises Central Bank Rate by 1.0 percent to 17 percent

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Kampala, Uganda, Capital Markets in Africa — Bank of Uganda has raised the Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 1.0 percentage points to 17 percent in October 2015, according to a Monetary Policy statement, issued by Governor Professor Emmanuel Tumusiime -Mutebile. This increase has resulted to cumulative increase of 6.0 percentage points in 2015, the previous increases were 1.0 percentage points (in April and June meetings) and 1.5 percentage points (in July and August meetings). In the Monetary…

South Africa Market Watch | 19 Oct 2015: Johannesburg Stock Exchange ends higher despite losses in gold and resource sectors

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Johannesburg, South Africa Capital Markets in Africa —On Monday, Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share (the broadest measure of the equity market performance) surged by 0.45 percent or 238.96 points to settle at 53,184.07 points and the benchmark JSE Top 40 index ended 260.22 points or 0.55 percent higher to end at 47,720.17 points. Looking at the sector indices, financial sector index grew by 1.98 percent or 870.77 points at 44,830.98 points. Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index moved up…

Ghana Equity Markets | 19 Oct 2015: Market opens with a smile, indices and market capitalization increase …

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Accra, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa — The Ghanaian Stock Exchange (GSE) equities opened the week in the bullish mood, and the market capitalization rose by GHS 35.71 million (about US$9.5 million) to close at GHS 62,080 million compared to a market capitalization of GHS 62,045 recorded at the previous trading session. The benchmark composite index surged by 2.78 points or 0.14 percent to close the day at 1,991.06 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f -11.94 percent. The financial Index also…

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