African capital market

Morocco Equity Watch | 28th July 2015: Morocco equity markets rebound from losses, MASI hikes up 35.76 points, MADEX climbs 0.39 points and Market cap adds US$50 Mill…

Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity markets indices went back into the green today with the MASI index ending the session up and the MADEX also up as the indices rebounded from losses made in the previous days trading. Market capitalisation increased by adding US$50 million to take it to US$60,445 million. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) gained by 35.76 points increasing by 0.37 percent to close at 9,723.19 up from its previous close of 9,687.43 recorded yesterday (taking the year-to-date performance to 1.07 percent). Equally, the Moroccan most…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 28th July 2015: Zimbabwe equities industrial index plunges a further -0.17 points, market cap losses reverse previous gains

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) Industrial Index closed trading in the red zone again today reversing gains made earlier in the week. The ZSE Industrial Index was down by -0.12% another plunge of -0.17 points to end at 145.61 (-10.55% year-to-date and -20.76% year-on-year basis). The Mining Index however continued on its flat line recording no change in basis points (0.00% rise) to close once again on 40.94 points (taking the year-to-date to -42.90% and year-on-year return to -38.46% respectively). The market capitalization made…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 28 July 2015 : Nigerian Equities Market Hemorrhage Persists …NSE ASI down 63bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse dipped 63bps at the close of market as the All Share Index (ASI) berthed at points, hence YTD loss settled at -11.7%. Today’s decline was attributed to persistent bearish sentiment on counters such as ZENITH (-2.8%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.5%) and GUARANTY (-1.5%). Similarly, Market capitalization shed N66.1bn to close at N10.5tn. Market activity on the other hand improved as volume and value rose 191.5% and…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 28 July 2015: Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index falls by 1.10% and loses US$119 million

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) declined by 28.26 points or 1.10 percent to close at 2,551.24 points and the Tanzanian domestic Share Index remained unchanged to end at 4,531.63 points. Likewise, Banks, Finance & Investment sector index remained flat to settle at 3,012.96 and the industrial & Allied sector index stayed putted at 6,066.72 points. Commercial Services sector index also remained flat to end…

Egypt Equity Watch | 28th July 2015: Egyptian equity markets indices bullish today pushed up by Foreign Investor buys valuing over EGP 73 mill..

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index EGX 30, EGX70, EGX100 and the EGX20 capped index were all up today as the markets rebounded pushed up by Foreign Investor buys valuing over EGP 73 mill.. The benchmark index EGX30 was up 62.02 points to close the day on 7,949.89, an increase of 0.79 percent from its previous close of 7887.87 points (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -10.94 percent and equal to 3,491 points in US$ terms). The EGX20 capped index was up 63.54 points, rising by 0.81 percent to…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 28 July 2015: Bullish momentum continues on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius … companies add MUR 207 million in value

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — The bullish momentum continued on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.54 percent or 10.62 points to close at 1,968.92 points and the SEM10 index closed at 377.49 points after adding 3.10 points or 0.83 percent. The market capitalization recorded MUR 217.925 billion (relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 217.718 billion) by adding MUR 207 million. The overall total volume trade was registered…

Botswana Equity Watch | 27th July 2015: Botswana equity markets indices all flatline, market cap settles at BWP 421,795 mill…

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The BSE Equity Markets indices were all flat in todays session as the DCI main and local LASI indices recorded no further increases. Market capitalisation saw a slight increase up along with 5 price increases, ensuring the markets ended the day on a flatline. The FCI index also continued to plateau with minimal changes recorded over the last few days. The Botswana Domestic Composite Index (DCI) recorded no major changes to close at BWP 10,834.80 up 0.15 points (0.00 percent) from its previous close of 10,834.65. The…

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