Market Watch | - Part 184

Kenya Market Watch | May 25th 2015: Kenya market cap down 0.48%, Indices down.

Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index declined by 21.34 point to 4,858.61 points and Nairobi All Share Index lost 0.78 points to close at 164.14. Likewise, the FTSE NSE 25 and FTSE NSE 15 indices went down by 3.56 points and 3.44 points to close the day at 218.62 and 218.12 points respectively. At the same time, the market capitalization declined 0.48 percent to close at KES 2,295.93 billion. Looking…

Egypt Market Watch | May 25th 2015: Egypt Market Cap shed EGP 2.5bn & EGX30 down 0.78%

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):-Egyptian equity market retreated at the end of today’s trading sessions. The market capitalization declined from EGP 508.595 billion to EGP 506.089 billion (that is lost over EGP 2.5 billion). The benchmark index EGX30 fell by 0.78 percent or 71.16 points to close the day at 9050.76 points (1.39 percent year-to-date performance). On the same note, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 went down by 0.77 percent to settle at 484.27 points (-14.35 percent…

Ghana Market Watch | May 21st 2015: Ghanaian benchmark index adds 0.88 percent

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity benchmark composite index added 20.28 points to end the day at 2,337.61, representing a year- to- date return of 3.39%. The Financial Index also added 28.15 points to 2,392.51 with a year-to-date return of 6.64%. The market capitalization was recorded at GHS 64,440.64 million (added GHS 110 million from previous market cap). Whereas, the trading activity on the market witnessed lower volumes and turnover compared to the Wednesday’s session. At the close of…

Botswana Market Watch | May 21st 2015: Botswana equity market continues the positive trend

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index continued to head northwards, gaining 0.1% to extend its year-to-date growth by 10.02%. However, the foreign composite index remained flat to close at 1,569 points and year-to-date return is still in the red, reflecting the depressed international commodity market. The equity market capitalization was recorded at BWP 381.285 billion losing BWP 45 million compared to yesterday’s market cap. The market activity was thin today compared to previous trading day; the…

Nigeria Market Watch | May 21st 2015: Nigerian Equities Maintains 3-Day Losing Streak

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Nigerian Bourse suffered a third straight day of losses as the benchmark index- All Share Index- lost 21bps to close at 34, 459.8points. This decline was broadly driven by losses recorded in SEPLAT (-3.6%), ZENITH (-0.9%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-0.4%). In light of this, market capitalization also declined by N25.0bn to close at N11.7tn for the day. Similarly, market activity weakened as volume and value traded declined 89.6% and 75.3%…

Mauritius Market Watch | May 21st 2015: Mauritius equity market indices were up during the session

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):-Mauritius equity market indices were up during the session. The Semdex and the SEM-10 gained 0.17 percent and 0.34 percent respectively. Market turnover amounted to MUR 19.4m mainly geared towards SUN, CIEL and MCB Group which accounted for 55.9 percent of total market turnover. From the market movers’ viewpoint, MCB Group reached low of MUR 204.75 before closing unchanged at MUR 205.00 on 9,500 shares exchanged. Whilst SBM Holdings grew by 1.1 percent to MUR…

Egypt Market Watch | May 21st 2015: Egypt equities surge by EGP 4.2bn

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):-Egyptian equity market halt it positive momentum today. The market capitalization gave up EGP 4.2 billion compared to yesterday’s loss of EGP 2.4 billion to close at EGP 504.532 billion. The benchmark index EGX30 rose by 1.8 percent or 161.58 points to close the day at 8,988.03 points (0.69 percent year-to-date performance). On the same note, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 gained 1.85 percent to settle at 480.58 points (-15.00 percent year-to-date return)….

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