Market Watch | - Part 111

South Africa Equity Market | 25 Aug 2015: Johannesburg Stock Exchange rebounds, gold miners lose 12.22%

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — South Africa equity markets returned to the North Pole path. JSE All Share closed 2.83 percent or 1,349.65 points higher to end at 48,980.84 points and the JSE Top 40 index jumped by 1,289.81 points or 3.06 percent to end at 43,439.05 points. JSE Financial sector index grew by 3.51 percent or 1,473.13 points at 43,498.49 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index advanced by 3.38 percent to close at 70,975.68…

Morocco Equity Market | 25 Aug 2015: Moroccan equity markets remain in red zone

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Moroccan equity markets remained in red zone at the end of Tuesday’s trading session. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) slumped by 114.10 point or 1.21 percent to close at 9,316.01 points (with a year-to-date performance to -3.61 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 475.863 billion (a fall of MAD 4.8 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MAD 480.673) and market activities measured as total…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 25 Aug 2015 : Nigerian Equities Market Rout Continues… NSE ASI down 1.4%

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — As the global equities quiver on the Chinese market rumble, the Nigerian Bourse sustains further loses as against rebounds noticed in some European and the US Markets. This was on the back of additional depreciation in large cap stocks such as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-5.0%), GUARANTY (-3.9%) and DANGOTE CEMENT (-0.6%). The All Share Index declined 1.4% to 28,807.13pts thereby extending YTD loss to 16.9% while W-o-W decline berthed…

Tanzania Equity Markets | 25 Aug 2015: Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange equity trading down by US$24 million

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- Tanzania equity trading continued to stay in the southern region. The equity market capitalization lower by TZS 51.36 billion (about US$24.2 million) to end at TZS 22,300.11 billion relative to market capitalization of TZS 22,351.46 billion recorded at previous trading session. Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) slumped by 5.90 points or 0.23 percent to end at 2,548.23 points. Tanzanian domestic Share Index plunged by 5.01…

Kenya Equity Markets | 25 Aug 2015: Kenya equity trading shed off US$489 million …

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa) — At the Nairobi Securities Exchange the Bear dominated and the equity market capitalization shed off 2.47 percent or KES 50.71 billion (almost US$489 million) to end at KES 2,006 billion relative to market capitalization of KES 2,056 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index fell by 2.18 percent or 94.74 points to close at 4,242.73 points and the Nairobi All Share Index sagged by…

Egypt Equity Market | 25 Aug 2015 : Egyptian equities witness the bull, EGX30 2.75% higher

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Bull returned to Egyptian Exchange today and the market capitalization ended at EGP 424.8 billion after soaring EGP 4.0 billion (US$513 billion); relative to EGP 420.8 billion recorded at previous day trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 surged by 2.75 percent or 182.89 points to end 6,836.95 points. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 climbed by 1.99 percent or 22.88 points to settle at 1,173.74 points. EGX70, which measures small and mid-cap index, added 1.90 percent or 6.94…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Market | 25 Aug 2015: Bear persist on the BRVM bourse, investor marginally lose US$6 million

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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 297.01 to 296.73 points, a drop of 0.09 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.05 percent to 294.80 against 294.94 points previously. The equity market capitalization fell by XOF 4 billion (about US$6 million) to close at XOF 7,274 billion relative to previous trading…

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