Market Watch | - Part 170

Nigeria Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Investors’ Appetite Stays Soft…NSE ASI slips 0.1%

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian bourse slips 0.1%, trending southwards for the third consecutive session as bearish sentiment colored Banking and Industrial Goods bellwethers. However, market activity improved significantly as volume traded jumped 160.0% even as value traded rose 50.1% to 588.2m and N4.1bn respectively. The Banking index declined the most, down 1.6% majorly due to losses in ZENITH (-3.3%), GUARANTY (-1.6%) and STANBIC (-3.6%). Similarly, the Industrial index shed 0.2% on 0.4%…

Botswana Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Botswana domestic composite index kept its upward impetus, by adding 1.16 percent

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index kept its upward impetus, by adding 1.16 percent to extend its year-to-date growth by 12.61 percent. However, the foreign composite index remained flat to close at 1,569 points and year-to-date return is still in the red at -0.47. However, the equity market capitalization fell by BWP 110.31 million to end the day at BWP 382.152 billion. From the market activity viewpoint, the market total volume was recorded at 2.730 million…

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | June 10th 2015: BRVM equity market cap loses XOF 29 billion and indices plunge

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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 277.74 to 274.48 points, a drop of 1.17%. BRVM Composite index lost 0.42% to 273.65 against 274.81 points previously. At the same time, the equity market capitalization fell by XOF 28.64 billion to close at XOF 6,752.47 billion compared with previous trading sessions’ market…

Ghana Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization nose-dive today

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization nose-dive at the end of today’s trading session. The benchmark composite index dropped 5.73 points (about 0.24 percent) to end the day at 2,380.78, bringing the year- to- date return to 5.30 percent. Equally, the financial Index plunged by 9,59 points or 0.39 percent to 2,430.31 with a year-to-date return of 8.32 percent. Alike, the market capitalization went down nearly GHS 206.23 million (-0.32 percent relative to yesterday market…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Mauritius equity market extends bullish run, market cap adds MUR 25 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market extended it bullish runs at end of today’s trading session, the SEMDEX index went up by 0.01 percent to reach 1,976.37 points and the Sem-10 rose by 0.16 percent to 376.21 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.749 billion (against MUR 219.724 billion recorded yesterday) and overall total volume trade recorded at 17.785 million and turnover amounted to MUR 60.727 million. SBM Holdings…

Morocco Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Blood shedding on the Morocco equity market street marginally reduced today, indices down but market cap gains MAD 155 million.

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Blood shedding on the Morocco equity market street marginally reduced today. Morocco’s benchmark stock index (MASI Index) plunged by 0.03 percent to close at 9,593.00 points (with a year-to-date performance to -0.28 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 487.305 (added MAD 155 million compared to previous trading sessions market capitalization of MAD 487.150 billion) and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 58.849 million…

Egypt Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Egyptian equity markets nose-dive by EGP 1.2 billion

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices nose-dive, with the market capitalisation giving away nearly EGP 1.2 billion to close at EGP 490.888 billion (against EGP 492.076 billion recorded yesterday), pressured by sell-offs among foreign investors and Egyptian institutional investors despite MSCI decision to keep Egyptian equities in its emerging markets index and Central bank coverage of 50% of the dollar backlog owed to foreign investors. The benchmark index EGX30 plunged by 0.25…

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