Market Watch | - Part 175

Mauritius Market Watch | June 4th 2015: Mauritius equity market sustains positive trend, SEMDEX 0.40% and SEM10 0.54%

Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market indices ended the session in positive territory today. The Semdex gained 0.40 percent to 1967.64 points and the SEM-10 rose by 0.54 percent to 373.45 points. The market capitalization was recorded at BWP 218.757 billion. With regard to market activity, total market turnover amounted to MUR 106.5 million mainly geared towards SBM Holdings which accounted for 80.8 percent of total market turnover. SBM Holdings traded at a low…

Botswana Market Watch | June 4th 2015: Botswana equity market index ends in positive, adds 0.05 percent

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index ended on positive trend, adding 0.05 percent to extend its year-to-date growth by 11.31 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. The equity market capitalization fell by BWP 93 million to end the day at BWP 382,236 million. From the market activity viewpoint, the market total volume was recorded at 7.899 million valued at…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 4th 2015: Nigerian Equities Market All Share Index Records Highest Decline in 8 Weeks

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian Equities market sustained its losing streak today, declining 1.2% to berth at 33,476.77pts. Market capitalization also decreased N88.6bn to settle at N11.4tn. Performance of the equities market today was broadly driven by price depreciations in banking bellwethers — ZENITH (-4.8%), UBA (-3.6%) and GUARANTY (-2.4%). Similarly, market activities weakened, as volume and value traded shrank 18.5 %( 205.8m units) and 35.9 %( N2.2bn) accordingly. NSE sector performance was…

Kenya Market Watch | June 4th 2015: Kenya equity market end in red, loses KES 130 million, indices fall

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- Kenya equity market continued the bearish runs. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index plummeted by 16.17 points to close at 4,773.70 points and Nairobi All Share Index slid by 0.01 points to settle at 164.22. The FTSE NSE 25 and FTSE NSE 15 indices, however, remained flat to close the day at 218.46 and 218.09 points respectively. The market capitalization fell by KES 130 million to close at KES 2,297.13. Looking…

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | June 4th 2015: BRVM equity extends uptrend, market cap adds XOF 20 billion

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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 Thursday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 275.83 to 276.34 points, a gain of 0.18%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.30% to 271.13 against 270.31 points previously. Likewise, the equity market capitalization added XOF 20 billion to close at XOF 6,690.28 billion compared with yesterday’s market capitalization of XOF 6,670.14 billion. In…

Ghana Market Watch | June 4th 2015: Ghana equity adds market cap of GHS 8 million, composite index up

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity markets ended bullish at end of today trading session. The benchmark composite index gained 0.01 points (about 1.38 percent) to end the day at 2,366.47, increasing the year- to- date return to 4.66 percent. However, the financial Index plummeted by 0.67 points or 0.03 percent to 2,420.10 with a year-to-date return of 7.84 percent. However, the market capitalization added nearly GHS 8.00 million (0.01 percent) to settle at GHS 64,598.02 million. From the market activity…

Morocco Market Watch | June 4th 2015: Moroccan equity market indices end positive, add MAD 2.02 billion

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity market ended in positive today. Morocco’s benchmark stock index (MASI Index) added 0.33 percent to close at 9,733.46 points (increased year-to-date performance to 1.18 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 494.598 billion (gained MAD 2.02 billion compared to previous trading sessions market capitalization of MAD 492.583 billion) and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 70.165 million (a reduction of 22 percent against…

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