African capital market

African Equity Markets in 2015: BRVM Bourse 2015 Champion, Botswana runner-up, Zimbabwe worst market

Lagos, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns produced a negative returns in 2015, with four positive growths and fourteen negative returns on a local currency basis. The performance was more disheartening on a US-dollar adjusted performance basis, with just one equity market produced a positive return. These unimpressed performances (compared to 2014) across African equities can be attributed to interlocked negative feedback loops between declining commodity…

Morocco Equity Markets | 31 Dec 2015: Morocco equity investors lose MAD 31bn and All Share index falls 7.22% in 2015 …

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa —Casablanca Bourse ended Thursday’s trading session; the last trading session of 2015 in a positive region to cushion the overall loses in 2015. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) advanced by 0.64 percent to close at 8,925.71 points (with a year-to-date performance to -7.22 percent) and the equity market capitalization closed 2015 at MAD 453.316 billion (by gaining of MAD 4.62 billion or US$462 million relative to…

Egypt Equity Markets | 31 Dec 2015: Egypt Equity Market loses EGP 70bn, EGX 30 index 21.5% lower in 2015,

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Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa — Egypt Exchange equity trading ended in a positive mood at the end of today’s session, the last trading session in 2015. The equity market capitalization added nearly EGP 1.1 billion (about US$140.96 million) to end at EGP 429.79 billion (on the purchases of the local retail investors) relatively to the previous market capitalization of EGP 428.689 billion. The Egypt equity market was battered during 2015, amid political and…

African Stock Market November 2015 Performance: Kenya’s equity gains 4.5%, EGX 30 Index 15.35% lower, Zambian kwacha returns 17.1%

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Lagos, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns ended in negative for the month of November, with five gainers and thirteen losers on the local currency basis. Still on local basis return, the November’s average return of -3.0 percent (relatively to -0.9 percent in October) was recorded across eighteen African stock indices and November monthly returns range from -15.3 percent recorded by the Egyptian equity market (measured by Egyptian EGX 30…

Egypt Equity Markets | 26 Nov 2015: Egypt’s bourse ends on positive note, equities gain EGP 667 million …

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Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa —– Egypt Exchange equity trading ended on a positive mood at the end of today’s session. The equity market capitalization added EGP 667 million (about US$85.3 million) to end at EGP 415.592 billion relatively to the previous market capitalization of EGP 414.925 billion. The benchmark index EGX30 gained 36.75 points or 0.58 percent to close at 6,427.82 points. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 grew by 0.33 percent or 3.66 points to trade at…

Morocco Equity Markets | 26 Nov 2015: Moroccan equity indices down and investors lose MAD 247 million …

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa — Casablanca Stock Exchange witnessed negative return at the end of Thursday’s equity trading session. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) went down 0.15 percent to end at 9,108.93 points (with a year-to-date performance to -5.31 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 458.810 billion (a fall of MAD 247 million or US$28 million relative to previous market capitalization of MAD 459.057). The market activity measured as…

Egypt Equity Markets | 25 Nov 2015: Equity Investors smile home with US$192 million, EGX30 Index 1.10% higher ..

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Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa — Egypt Exchange equity indices ended on a positive note at the end today’s trading session. The equity market capitalization added EGP 1.5 billion (about US$192 million) to end at EGP 414.357 billion relatively to the previous market capitalization of EGP 413.425 billion. The benchmark index EGX30 added 69.68 points or 1.10 percent to close at 6,391.07 points. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 grew by 0.40 percent or 4.37 points to trade at…

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