Market Watch | - Part 188

Kenya Market Watch | May 15th 2015: All Share Index slightly lost 0.05 percent

Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE 20) rose by 1.00 points to close at 4,980.71 while Nairobi All Share Index went down by 0.09 points (-0.05 percent) to close at 167.73. On the one hand, the highest market gainer was Total Kenya Limited gaining 6.59 percent to close at KES 24.25, followed by Carbacid Investments rose 5.19 percent to end the day at KES 21.25. Likewise, Olympia Capital Holdings and Eveready East Africa appreciated by 5.15 percent (to…

Nigeria Market Watch | May 15th 2015: Nigerian stock market 7bps up today

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian stock market advanced further, up 7bps today to close at 34,439.52 points. All share index sustained uptrend on the last three trading days of the week bringing W-o-W return to 0.1%. In the same vein market capitalization advanced N7.9bn to close at N11.7tn. The positive performance on the Nigerian Bourse was largely driven by appreciation in FORTE OIL (+8.5%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+0.8%). Market activity as measured by…

Mauritius Market Watch | May 14th 2015: Mauritius indices maintained their upward trends

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius indices maintained their upward trends with the Semdex and SEM-10 increasing by 0.44% and 0.34% to reach 1,964.89 points and 373.68 points respectively. Overall market turnover amounted to MUR 48.9 million, geared towards Mauritius Commercial Bank Group (MCBG) and SBM Holdings which posted a combined contribution of 59% to total market turnover. MCB Group grew by 0.5% to MUR 204.00 on a total volume of 59,300 shares traded. SBM Holdings…

Kenya Market Watch | May 14th 2015: Market cap gains KES 7.6 billion but NSE20 slightly lost 1.5bps

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) 20 declined by 0.77 points to close at 4,979.71 while Nairobi All Share Index went up by 0.55 points to close at 167.82. However, the market capitalization gained KES 7.57 billion (0.32%) to close at KES 2,347.46 billion. The market breadth ended positive, with 23 gainers and 19 losers. On the one hand, the highest market gainer was East Africa Portland Cement gaining 9.26…

Nigeria Market Watch | May 14th 2015: Nigerian equity market sustains uptrend…

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- Bargain hunting positioning in bellwether equities ensured a bullish close in the Nigerian equities market for the second consecutive trading session. The All Share Index rose 61bps to 34,416.29 points while market capitalization gained N71.8bn to close at N11.7bn. Month-to-date (MTD) loss of the benchmark index hence pared to 0.8%. Appreciation in FORTE OIL (+5.0%), ZENITH (+3.3%), GUARANTY (+1.0%) and DANGOTE CEMENT (+0.6%) drove positive market performance today. Market activity…

Ghana Market Watch | May 14th 2015: Ghana market closed neutral today…

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana Stock exchange close neutral today, with the benchmark Composite index and financial index remained steady to close trading at 2,301.02 points and 2,333.81 points respectively. Likewise, the market capitalization remained unchanged at GHS 63,606 million. Market activity was very low with total volume of 1,500 shares and total turnover of GHS 3,736.00 (lower than previous trading turnover by c.99.97 percent) exchanged in two shares. The two shares traded today were HFC Bank Limited Ghana…

Egypt Market Watch | May 14th 2015: Blood continues on Egypt’s equity markets Street

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) plunged further today to its five-week lowest, and shedding off nearly EGP 9.6 billion of its capitalisation to close at EGP 482.232 billion, as investor sentiment continues over the uncertain about the proposed capital gains tax. The benchmark index EGX30 fell 2.52 percent or 214.91 points to close at 8526.43 points; its lowest level since 17 December, 2014. This amounted to a year-to-date performance of…

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