Tanzania Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015: Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange back in red … equity market cap lose US$104 million

Tanzania Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015: Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange back in red … equity market cap lose US$104 million

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) backed to end negative at end of today’s trading session after losing 25.20 points or 0.97 percent to close at 2,576.77 points. The Tanzanian domestic Share Index plunged by 29.67 points or 0.64 percent to close at 4,581.89 points. The Banks, Finance & Investment sector index declined by 32.41 points or 1.10 percent to close at 2,910.36 points and…

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Kenya Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015: Nairobi Securities Exchange continues in red region … market capitalization US$7 million down …

Kenya Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015: Nairobi Securities Exchange continues in red region … market capitalization US$7 million down …

Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa) — Nairobi Securities Exchanges continued in red zone, as a result the market capitalization marginally lost by 0.03 percent or KES 673 million (almost US$6.6 million) to end at KES 2,129 billion relative to market capitalization of KES 2,130 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index rose by 0.30 percent or 13.61 points to close at 4,509.84 points but the Nairobi All Share Index marginally…

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South Africa Market Watch | 17 Aug 2015: Bear continues to rule the South Africa equity markets despite gains by gold miners

South Africa Market Watch | 17 Aug 2015:  Bear continues to rule the South Africa equity markets despite gains by gold miners

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — The South Africa equity markets carried forward last week negative momentum to open this week in red, with loses across the main sector indices except gold miner.  Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share tumbled by 70.08 or 0.14 percent to close at 50,751.10 points and the JSE Top 40 index sagged by 53.67 points or 0.12 percent to end at 45,287.52 points. From the sector perspectives, financial sector index dropped…

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Nigeria Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015: No Respite for Equities Market…NSE ASI dips 260bps

Nigeria Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015: No Respite for Equities Market…NSE ASI dips 260bps

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — It was a sea of red in the equities market today as the bears extended their rule over the Nigerian Equities market leading the market to close in the red for the day. This was reflected in the 2.6% decline in the All Share Index which closed at 29, 909.44 points today. The market was dragged lower by selloffs in heavily weighted stocks in the index namely, DANGCEM…

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Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015 : BRVM closes lower, all sector indices down but agriculture sector index 3.47% up

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015 : BRVM closes lower, all sector indices down but agriculture sector index 3.47% up

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa):- BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session this Monday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 309.56 to 308.42 points, a drop of 0.37 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.35 percent to 301.90 against 302.97 points previously. The equity market capitalization plunged by XOF 26 billion (about US$66 million) to close at XOF 7,450 billion relative to previous trading sessions’…

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Morocco Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015: Casablanca Stock Exchange equity trading ends southward, indices and investors lose MAD 7.4 billion

Morocco Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015: Casablanca Stock Exchange equity trading ends southward, indices and investors lose MAD 7.4 billion

Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) fell by 1.61 percent or 155.44 points to close at 9,497.67 points (with a year-to-date performance to 1.61 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 484.348 billion (a loss of MAD 7.414 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MAD 491.762) and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 33.315 million. Likewise, Moroccan most active share index…

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Egypt Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015 : Egyptian Exchange equities extend bear run to second day …

Egypt Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015 : Egyptian Exchange equities extend bear run to second day …

Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The downtrend persisted on the Egyptian Exchange for second consecutive sessions.  The market capitalization ended at EGP 468.5 billion after shedding EGP 5.7 billion (US$730 million); relative to EGP 473.2 billion recorded at previous day trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 slid by 0.42 percent or 31.71 points to end 7,594.05 points, extending its southward movement for the second trading session in a row, which it hit one-month low. However, the equal-weighted…

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