Market Watch | - Part 103

Ghana Equity Markets | 2 Sep 2015: Ghana equities witness massive dips, GSE Composite index 1.99%, investors lose GHS 1,48 milliion

Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity continues on the downward path for five successive trading session at the end of today’s trading session. The equities market capitalization shred off GHS 1,048 million (about US$277 million) to close at GHS 62,724 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 63,772 recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index massively fell by 42.79 points or 1.99 percent to close the day at 2,109.57 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f…

South Africa Equity Markets | 2 Sep 2015: Johannesburg Stock Exchange rebound, all major indices higher

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — South African equity markets bounced back to the uptrend, JSE All Share closed 1.47 percent or 713.64 points higher to end at 49,228.77 points and the JSE Top 40 index surged by 719.76 points or 1.67 percent to end at 43,699.53 points. JSE Financial sector index climbed by 1.35 percent or 575.79 points to close at 43,075.91 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index advanced by 1.61 percent to close at…

Kenya Equity Markets | 2 Sep 2015: Nairobi equity tradings back to red, investors give up US$82 million

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Nairobi, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa — Equity trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange returned back to the negative region. The equity market capitalization ended at KES 2,001 billion after losing KES 8.5 billion (c.US$82 million) or 0.42 percent from the market capitalization of KES 2,101 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi All Share Index declined by 0.60 points or 0.42 percent to end at 142.52 points and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index sagged…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 2 Sep 2015: Nigerian Market Sinks on Profit Taking … NSE ASI falls 1.2%

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian All Share Index took a negative turn today, down 1.2% to close at 29,870.86pts after a 4-day rally. The decline in the broader index was consequent on losses recorded in sector bellwethers — GUARANTY (-3.4%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (- 1.7%) and OANDO (-5.0%). Similarly, market activities measured by volume and value of shares traded waned 53.1% to 439.7m units and 39.4% to N4.5tn respectively. After posting gains…

Tanzania Equity Markets | 2 Sep 2015 : Bear continues the supremacy, investors lose US$27 million

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Capital Markets in Africa — The bear runs continued to torment equity trading at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange at the end of Wednesday’s trading session. The equity market capitalization further fell by TZS 58 billion (about US$27 million) to end at TZS 21,558 billion relative to market capitalization of TZS 21,616 billion recorded at previous trading session. Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) sagged by 6.84 points or 0.28…

Zimbabwe Equity Market | 2 Sep 2015: Equity trading is light on Zimbabwe Stock Exchange today

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Harare, Zimbabwe, Capital Markets in Africa — The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index sustained the uptrend after marginally surged by 0.08 percent or 0.10 points to end at 135.60 points. The market capitalization ended at US$3.556 billion by gaining US$3 million relative to market capitalization of US$3.553 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$1,134,382 (a reduction compared to 2,911,325 recorded at previous session) exchanged in 15 traded securities…

Cote D’Ivoire Equity Market | 2 Sep 2015: Overall equity trading continues on the downtrend but distribution sector index 0.13% higher

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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 Wednesday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 295.58 to 294.79 points, a drop of 0.27 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.12 percent to 295.20 against 295.56 points previously. The equity market capitalization plummeted by XOF 9 billion (about US$15 million) to close at XOF 7,284 billion relative to previous trading…

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