The Markets | - Part 240

Africa Equity Weekly | 13 Nov 2015: Uganda, Kenya in the positive but Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa in the red zone …

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — It was a bearish mood this week for most equity markets as news flows from several markets dampened investors’ sentiments. Equally, the impressive US October jobs report released last week which moved the US Fed closer to raising its benchmark interest rate during its next meeting in December further spurred sell-offs in equities. The African equity markets ended in the red zone at the end of Friday 13 November 2015,…

Chart of the Week: Market Implied Probabilities of Changes in US Fed Rate ….

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The market is now significantly more confident of a Federal Reserve hike in interest rates in December, as US payroll numbers released on Friday 6th November 2015 significantly beat analyst expectations. US non-farm payroll jobs grew by 271,000 in October, compared analyst expectations of 150,00-190,000, and well above the 142,000 increase in September. Whereas the unemployment remained at 5.0 percent and average hourly earnings for non-farm employees rose…

Bank of Mauritius cuts the Key Repo Rate by 25 basis points to 4.40 per cent

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Port Louis, Capital Markets in African — The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Mauritius (Bank) has unanimously decided to cut the Key Repo Rate by 25 basis points to 4.40 per cent per annum to boost domestic economic activity, at its meeting on Monday 9 November 2015. The Key Repo Rate had been kept at 4.65 percent since June 2013 when it was reduced by 25 basis points from 4.9 percent. See…

Nigerian Q3 Earnings Season Review: Macroeconomic Challenges Weigh on Companies Scorecards

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The year 2015 has been characterized by a cocktail of macroeconomic challenges which trailed the decline in crude oil prices, and the political and policy uncertainties that shaped the direction of the economy so far in 2015. This is reflected in the trend of key macroeconomic indicators such as the slowing economic growth (Real GDP growth slowed to a 10-year low of 2.4% in Q2:2015), the steadily rising…

Africa Equity Weekly | 06 Nov 2015: Ugandan Stocks push African Stock Markets into Negative region despite gains in six markets …

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The African equity markets ended in the red district at the end of Friday 06 November 2015, out of the eighteen African equity indices six ended in positive district and eleven in the negative region (Illiquid Swaziland All Share index remained unchanged to end at 312.38 points) compared to the previous week ending Friday 30 October 2015. The overall average return of the eighteen stock indices was -0.6 percent week-on-week…

Nigeria: Four Disquieting Subjects in the Market… Calls for Concerns?

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Nigeria — The Nigerian capital market and business community have been hit with a string of “bad news” in last few days, as unimpressive earnings releases – including the monumental loss reported by OANDO Plc – filtered into the market. The sequence of negative press was further amplified by regulatory sanctions on select listed and unlisted companies for alleged regulatory breaches. The actions and reactions that have trailed these events…

African Sovereign Eurobond October 2015 Review: Yield narrowing, Ghana and Namibia issue US$1b and US$750m resp. in Oct …

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The economic pressure on limited resources continued to have significant impact on African countries, as a result of downtrend in the commodity prices. So, most African countries are cash squeeze, forcing governments to reduce spending as debt rises and instigating central banks to implement aggressive monetary policy tightening to control inflation. The inability of government to meet its obligation has resulted to Students’ unrest in South Africa against increase in tuition fee…

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