Market Watch | - Part 131

African Equity Market July 2015 Report: BRVM rewards local investors, Botswana strengthens foreigners capital

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index return ended in negative for the month of July, with eight gainers and 10 losers on local currency basis. The July average return of -1.5 percent was recorded across eighteen African equity indices and July monthly returns ranges from -9.8% registered by the Nigeria equity markets (measured by NSE All Share) to 8.2% recorded by Cote d’Ivoire equity market (measured…

Botswana Equity Watch | 31st July 2015: Botswana equity markets indices DCI down -14bps, LASI down -0.13.%, all ETF’s see red…

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Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):– The BSE Equity Markets indices recorded further decreases in todays session as the DCI main recorded a fall and local LASI indices also recorded a slight fall. The FCI index however recorded no change once again. The Botswana Domestic Composite Index (DCI) fell to close at BWP 10,936.44 down -14.00 points from its previous close of BWP 10,950.01 (-0.12 percent). The Foreign Composite Index (FCI) recorded no change and remained the same today…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 31st July 2015: Zimbabwe equities remain down, industrial index loses -0.19 points, market cap loses US$7 Mill…

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) Industrial Index closed trading down while the Mining index remained flat in trading today as it was unable to recover from previous days losses. The market capitalisation was also down by an additional US$7 million from it’s previous days trading. The ZSE Industrial Index was down 0.19% a dip of 0.28 points down from its previous close of 145.63 to end at 145.35 (-10.71% year-to-date and…

South Africa Market Watch | 31 July 2015: JSE All Share index adds 0.54% but gold miner down.

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — Johannesburg Stock Exchange continued in the positive region at the end of Friday’s trading session. Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share surged by 278.86 or 0.54 percent to close at 52,053.27 points. The JSE Top 40 index also added 0.55 percent or 254.78 points to end at 46,557.26 points. Similarly, financial sector index climbed by 0.35 percent or 155.62 points at 45,244.73 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index accelerated by…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 31 July 2015: Stock Exchange of Mauritius ended the week on a very positive note …

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Stock Exchange of Mauritius ended the week on a very positive note at the end of today’s session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.06 percent or 1.12 points to close at 1,974.50 points. SEM10 index closed at 378.53 points after adding 0.16 points or 0.04 percent. The market capitalization recorded MUR 219.545 billion (relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 219.421 billion) after gaining MUR…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 31 July 2015 : Nigerian Equities Market slipped into eight consecutive days of losses

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Equities Market slipped into eight consecutive days of losses as the All Share Index (ASI) lost 84bps to close at 30,180.27points. Market capitalization declined N87.7bn to berth at N10.3tn. The poor performance of the market today was driven by sell downs in GUINNESS (-5.0%), FBN HOLDINGS (-4.4%) and GUARANTY (-3.4%). Activity level within the market was however mixed as volume traded appreciated 73.8% to 268.2m units…

South Africa Market Watch | 30 July 2015: Johannesburg Stock Exchange ends stronger but rand weaker…

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — Johannesburg Stock Exchange sustained yesterday’s gains at end of Thursday’s trading session. Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share edged up by 175.87 or 0.34 percent to close at 51,774.41 points. The JSE Top 40 index also rose by 0.42 percent or 193.61 points to end at 46,302.48 points. Conversely, the financial sector index went down by 0.39 percent or 175.14 points at 45,089.11 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index accelerated by…

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