Market Watch | - Part 51

South Africa Equity Markets | 04 Nov 2015: Positive momentum persists, Resource shares gain 3.65%, South Africa’s rand slips

Johannesburg, South Africa Capital Markets in Africa —The bullish momentum persisted at the equity trading session at the end of Wednesday’s trading session. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share (the broadest measure of the equity market performance) gained 0.99percent or 532.94 points to settle at 54,609.01 points and the benchmark JSE Top 40 index ended 1.10 percent or 532.80 points higher to end at 49,081.01 points. The financial sector index jumped by 0.61 percent or 279.60 points…

Cote D’Ivoire Stock Markets | 04 Nov 2015: Financial sector drags BRVM Bourse equity markets to red …

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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 300.21 to 298.37 points, a drop of 0.61 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.40 percent at 302.45 points against 303.65 points previously. The equity market capitalization dropped XOF 29 billion (about US$49 million) to close at XOF 7,463 billion relative to the previous trading…

Egypt Market Watch | 04 Nov 2015: Egyptian exchange equity moves to green districts, pull by financial sectors …

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Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa — The Egyptian Exchange equity trading session advanced to the positive territory, key indices and market capitalization in the green zone. The market capitalization closed at EGP 448.694 billion after gaining EGP 117 million (US$14.5 million) relatively to EGP 448.577 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 added 0.23 percent or 17.40 points to end 7,450.36 points. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 grew by 0.11 percent or 1.39 points to…

Morocco Equity Markets | 04 Nov 2015: Moroccan equities stay in the green, market cap US$116 million higher …

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa — on Wednesday, Moroccan equity trading closed on a positive sentiment both indices and market capitalization ended higher. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) added 0.10 percent to end at 9,113.23 points (with a year-to-date performance to -5.27 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 459.420 billion (an increase of MAD 1.12 billion or US$116 million relatively to the previous market capitalization of MAD 458.300 billion). The…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 04 Nov 2015 : SEMDEX Index up 15bps, SEM10 Index 28bps higher, Market Cap US$9 million up

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — Positive momentum continued on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius at the end today’s equity trading session. The Mauritius official market equity market capitalization ended at MUR 210.155 billion after adding MUR 308 million (about US$8.6 million) compared to the previous market capitalization of MUR 209.847 billion. In the same positive mood, the Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) grew by 0.15 percent or 2.76 points to close at…

South Africa Equity Markets | 03 Nov 2015: Major and sector indices edge up, MTN Group gains 4.97%, financial sector index down

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Johannesburg, South Africa Capital Markets in Africa —The Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity trading continued on a upward trend at the end of Tuesday’s trading session. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share (the broadest measure of the equity market performance) grew by 0.40 percent or 66.52 points to settle at 54,076.07 points and the benchmark JSE Top 40 index closed 0.41 percent or 196.69 points higher to end at 48,548.21 points. The financial sector index lost 0.32 percent…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 03 Nov 2015: OANDO Appreciates 8.7% after 7 Days of Decline …NSE ASI Wanes 29bps

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Sell pressure on the Nigerian bourse was sustained during trade today as the broader index closed 0.3% lower to settle at 29,052.87pts; thereby pushing YTD return (-16.2%) further into the negative territory. Market capitalization equally fell N28.9bn to N10.0tn. However, the decline in performance was majorly due to depreciations in Banking counters – GUARANTY (-2.3%) and ETI (-3.7%). Market activities — a measure of volume and value of shares…

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