Africa | - Part 29

The Egypt Market Watch | June 25th 2015: Egyptian stock equities show a slow recovery with several sectors still in the red

Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Egyptian equity indices and market capitalisation recovery slowed today as a number of indices went back into the red deleting previous gains made during trading yesterday. The market capitalization ended at EGP 486.132 billion; losing EGP 0.756 billion relative to EGP 486.888 billion recorded at the previous day’s trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 lost by 0.6 percent to close at 8406.17 down 50 points to settle at 8,456.82 points (-5.8299…

Morocco Market Watch | June 25th 2015: Morocco equity markets remain bullish…MASI Index up by 0.07 percent

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity markets remain bullish today as a result, the Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Free Float Index) was up by 0.07 percent to close at 9,588.99 points (with a year-to-date performance to -0.32 percent) Equally, Morocco’s most active share the MADEX Free Float index (MADEX) ended at 7,838.50 points up from 7,831.07 points (up by 0.09 percent compared to the previous day’s trading session). On the other…

Botswana Market Watch | June 23rd 2015: Botswana equity market cap marginally adds BWP 5million

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index gained 0.01 percent or 1.00 point to close at BWP 10,603.57. However, the foreign composite index remained unchanged to close at 1,570.91 points. Likewise, the equity market capitalization settled at BWP 420,431 billion, by adding BWP 5 million relative to yesterday market cap of BWP 420.428 billion. From the market activity viewpoint, the daily volume and turnover settle at 120,587 and BWP 430,199. CHOPPIES 36,611 traded shares at BWP 164,020 turnover, LETSHEGO…

Botswana Market Watch | June 22nd 2015: Botswana domestic composite index marginally falls 5bps

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index lost 0.05 percent or 5.00 point to close at BWP 10,602.94. However, the foreign composite index remained unchanged to close at 1,570.91 points. Likewise, the equity market capitalization was recorded at BWP 420.428 billion. From the market activity viewpoint, the daily volume and turnover settle at 751,080 and BWP 2.066 million. Barclays Bank Botswana recorded a volume of 18,516 and turnover of BWP 44,167, CHOPPIES ended with 1,409 traded securities with…

Botswana Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Botswana domestic composite index adds 100 bps

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index added 0.01 percent or 13,00 point to close at BWP 10,601.66. However, the foreign composite index marginally lost 0.06 basis point to close at 1,570.91 points. However, the equity market capitalization was recorded at BWP 430.421 billion. From the market activity viewpoint, the daily volume and turnover settle at 381,663 and BWP 1.400 million. Barclays Bank Botswana recorded a volume of 30,000 and turnover of BWP 126,000, G4S ended with 27,027…

Botswana Market Watch | June 11th 2015: Botswana domestic composite index retracted its upward impetus, market cap loses BWP 103 million

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index retracted its upward impetus, by losing 0.93 percent to reduce its year-to-date return by 11.52 percent. However, the foreign composite index gained 0.03 percent to close at 1,570.76 points and year-to-date return is still in the red at -0.43. However, the equity market capitalization fell by BWP 103 million (relative to precious trading sessions’ market cap of BWP 382.152 million) to end the day at BWP 382.049 billion. From the…

FDI value jumps despite falling number of investment projects in Africa

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Johannesburg, South-Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — According to EY’s 2015 Africa attractiveness survey – Making choices, Africa’s share of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects fell 8.4% in 2014, but remained well above pre-2008 levels. However, foreign direct capital investment into the continent surged to US$128b, up 136% in 2014 – a five-year high, with the number of jobs created from FDI jumping 68% resulting in 188,400 new positions across Africa. The report combines an analysis…

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