Market Watch | - Part 138

South Africa Market Watch | 24 July 2015: South African markets sink as confidence wains … JSE All 1.89% down

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — On Friday, blood prevailed as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share decreased by 880.94 or 1.89 percent to close at 51,356.08 points. The JSE Top 40 index plunged by 1.70 percent or 790.78 points to end at 45,858.45 points. The financial sector index tumbled by 1.28 percent or 582.69 points at 44,998.25 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index went down 1.46 percent to close at 74,939.22 points and 1.46 percent to…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 24 July 2015: Market cap adds MUR 27 Mil … SEMDEX marginally add 0.01%

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — Positive momentum continued on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius today. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) marginally added 0.01 percent or 0.24 points to close at 1,953.78 points and the SEM10 index closed at 373.49 points by gaining 0.42 points or 0.11 percent. The market capitalization settled at MUR 217.216 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR 217.189 billion) by gaining MUR 27 million. The overall total volume trade…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 24 July 2015: BRVM’s stock investors gains XOF 137 billion … BRVM Composite index adds 1.90 percent

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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 Friday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 297.90 to 305.54 points, a gain of 2.56 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 1.90 percent to 298.14 against 292.58 points previously. The equity market capitalization rose by XOF 137.33 billion to close at XOF 7,356.88 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 24 July 2015 : Nigerian index remained bearish today as recent results failed to lift the pessimistic mood

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The index remained bearish today as recent results failed to lift the pessimistic mood even as economic uncertainties weighed deeper(ASI -0.40%). Consumer names were the biggest drag, PZ(-3.33%), Flourmill(-2.98%) and NB(-1.56%) all dropped on increased selling pressure, NB particularly closed below a two-and-a-half year low at N126.99. Financials ended somewhat mixed albeit the overall sentiment was still bearish, Zenith(-1.24%) slipped lower in oversold territory as offer volumes continue…

Kenya Equity Watch | 23 July 2015: Nairobi Stock Exchange witness the Bear today … market cap KES 21 MIl falls

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa) — The bear invaded the Nairobi Stock Exchange today’s as a result the market capitalization lost KES 21 million to end at KES 2,160.06 billion relative to market capitalization of KES 2,180.95 billion recorded at previous trading session. As the time, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index sagged by 39.15 points or 0.86 percent to close at 4,539.47 points and the Nairobi All Share Index tumbled by 1.45 points or…

Ghana Equity Watch | 23 July 2015: The Bull visited the Ghanaian Stock Exchange on Thursday, market cap gains US$38 million

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Bull visited the Ghanaian Stock Exchange (GSE) on Thursday. Therefore, the benchmark composite index climbed by 22.77 points or 1.01 percent to close the day at 2,273.91 points, representing a year- to- date performance 0f 0.57 percent. The financial Index also gained 31.49 points or 1.38 percent to trade at 2,320.37 with a year-to-date return of 3.42 percent. The market capitalization added GHS 124 million to close at GHS 63,852 million relative to market capitalization…

South Africa Market Watch | 23 July 2015: South African equities end on upward momentum, JSE All share gains 50 basis points

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — Today the South African equities ended on upward momentum. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share increased by 259.46 or 0.50 percent to close at 52,237.02 points. The JSE Top 40 index rose by 0.60 percent or 278.26 points to end at 46,649.23 points. The financial sector index surged by 0.74 percent or 335.08 points at 45,580.96 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index climbed by 0.74 percent to close at 76,048.65…

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