Market Watch | - Part 192

Nigeria Capital Market: Week Ended 24th April, 2015

Nigerian Stock Market Weekly Summary and Outlook The market continued to trade sideways this week as investors treaded more cautiously. The NSE ASI shed 1.5% W-o-W settling at 34,485.72 at the close of trade on Friday. Nevertheless, MtD return closed positive at 8.6% although YtD was negative at 0.5%. Following the course of the benchmark index, aggregate market capitalization declined N779.1bn W-o-W and closed at N11.7tn. Market activity was mixed with the aggregate volume of…

Nigeria Capital Market: Week Ended 17th April, 2015

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Nigerian Stock Market Weekly Summary and Outlook The NSE ASI added 20bps W-o-W as the index closed at 35,005.42pts. Market capitalization advanced N25.7bn to N11.9tn while YtD performance remained positive at 1.0% at the close of the week. On the contrary, activity level measured by volume traded retreated 45.3%% to 1.9bn units even as value traded declined 23.0% to N19.4bn. The Banking sector topped the sector advancers for the week, rising 1.5% due to rally…

African Market Watch: Thurs, 16th April 2015

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BRVM [The Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire]: BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, higher than the previous day for both BRVM 10 index and BRVM Composite. BRVM 10 index rose from 271.78 to 273.94 points, a gain of 0.79%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.51% to 263.17 against 261.83 points previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,492.71 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF…

Egypt’s Midor refinery seeks $400 million via IPO

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s state-owned Middle East Oil Refinery (Midor) seeks to raise $400 million with an initial public offering (IPO) in the last quarter of 2015, three sources with direct knowledge of the process said on Tuesday. Midor, Egypt’s largest oil refinery, plans to expand its output during the next two years. It provides around 25 percent of the petroleum products consumed by the local market. It is not yet known whether the IPO…

African Market Watch: Monday, 13th April 2015

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BRVM [The Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire]: BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, higher than the previous day for both BRVM 10 index and BRVM Composite. BRVM 10 index rose from 266.59 to 268.45 points, a gain of 0.70%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.56% to 258.63 against 257.18 points previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,381.82 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF…

African Market Watch: Friday, 10th April 2015

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BRVM [The Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire]: BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, lower than the previous day for both BRVM 10 index and BRVM Composite. The BRVM 10 index fell from 268.21pts to 266.59pts, a drop of 0.63%. The BRVM Composite index decreased by 0.46% to 257.18pts against 258.38pts previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,345.97 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at…

Nigeria Capital Market: Week Ended 10th April, 2015

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Investors to Re-price Financial Assets… as 2015 Polls Close Out After the historic Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted a fortnight ago, Nigerians are gearing up for the Gubernatorial and State parliamentary elections scheduled to hold tomorrow, 11th April 2015. The Gubernatorial elections will be held in 29 states while the Parliamentary elections will hold in all the 36 states. In contrast to the public apprehension that preceded the March 28th elections, the generally peaceful…

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