The Markets | - Part 152

World’s Biggest Bond Losers Reward Investors Betting on Rebound

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Money managers gunning for the best emerging-market bond returns this year may want to consider the biggest losers of 2016 and 2017. History suggests that the worst-performing sovereign debt over a 12- or 24-month horizon is often prone to a sharp reversal as prices revert back to fair value. Take for example Barbados and Turkey. They rebounded from posting some of the worst returns of 2013 to lead the…

Mauritius SEMDEX Rises 0.7% to 2,215.5; MCB Leads Advance

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PORT LOUIS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Mauritius Stock Exchange Semdex Index rose 0.7 percent to 2,215.5. The move was the biggest since rising 1 percent on Dec. 18 and follows the previous session of less than one percent. The MSCI Emerging Markets Europe, Middle East and Africa Index advanced 0.3 percent. MCB Group Ltd. contributed the most to the advance, rising 0.7 percent. ENL Commercial Ltd. increased 3.9 percent, the biggest gain. Mauritian Eagle Insurance Co. Ltd….

Tunisia SE Rises 0.9% to 6,257.24; Poulina Group Leads Advance

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TUNIS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Tunisia Stock Exchange Tunindex rose 0.9 percent to 6,257.24. The move was the biggest since rising 1.1 percent on Aug. 29 and follows the previous session’s decrease of 1.3 percent. The MSCI Emerging Markets Europe, Middle East and Africa Index was little changed, down 0.07 percent. Poulina Group contributed the most to the advance and had the biggest gain, increasing 5.3 percent. Servicom SA fell 3.2 percent, the biggest loss. The biggest movers also…

From Angola to Zimbabwe: Guide to Key Africa Markets in 2018

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – For bond investors, Africa was a happy hunting ground last year. Its local-currency and dollar securities easily outperformed those of emerging markets overall as investors piled into a continent offering high yields and starting to recover from the commodity bust of three years ago. But risks abound, among them policy tightening in advanced economies, local and global politics, weakening currencies and another fall in oil prices. And then there is…

Steinhoff Gains as Retailer Plans to Restate 2015 Results

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Shares of Steinhoff International Holdings NV rose after the South African retail giant said it will restate financial results going back as far as 2015 amid a probe into accounting irregularities. The stock jumped 27 percent to 5.90 rand by 9:56 a.m. in Johannesburg, the most on an intraday basis since Dec. 12. Shares in Steinhoff, whose retail empire includes France’s Conforama furniture chain and Poundland in the U.K., have slumped 87…

Rand’s on a High as Commodities, Politics and Greenback Team Up

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – The stars are aligned for South Africa’s rand as it enters the new year. Not only are investors backing the currency on prospects that market favourite Cyril Ramaphosa may soon become the country’s leader, but the ailing dollar and rising commodity prices are playing along. The rand touched its strongest level in more than two years on December 28 and remained near that level on Tuesday. The Bloomberg Commodity Index climbed to a…

Tunisia SE Falls 0.6%; Banque Internationale Tunisie Leads

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TUNIS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Tunisia Stock Exchange Tunindex fell 0.6 percent to 6,241.96. The move was the biggest since falling 0.7 percent on Sept. 26 and follows the previous session’s increase of 0.3 percent. The MSCI Emerging Markets Europe, Middle East and Africa Index advanced 0.9 percent. Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie contributed the most to the decline, falling 3.3 percent. Societe Ciments de Bizerte decreased 5.3 percent, the biggest loss. Arab Tunisian Lease rose 2.6…

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