African capital market

Mauritius Equity Watch | 22 July 2015: SEDMEX adds 0.02%, SEM10 up by 0.06% but DEMEX index fall by 0.05%

Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.02 percent or 0.29 points to close at 1,953.19 points and the SEM10 index closed at 372.90 points by adding 0.22 points or 0.06 percent. In the same note, the market capitalization settled at MUR 217.151 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR 217.118 billion) by gaining MUR 33 million. The overall total volume trade was registered at 4.750 million…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 21st July 2015: Zimbabwe equities climb into green…. ZSE industrial index up 0.77 points

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) Industrial Index closed trading in the green zone today. The industrial index climbed up by 0.16% or 0.22 points to end at 143.70 up from 143.47 points recorded at yesterday’s close (-11.72% year-to-date and -22.71% year-on-year basis). The mining index was also up 0.77 points (+1.94%) to close at 40.87 points (taking year-to-date to -44.09% and year-on-year return to -30.67% respectively). The market capitalization ended at US$ 3.773 billion up 80 million from US$ 3.765 billion while the market activity was higher today…

Egypt Equity Watch | 21st July 2015: Egyptian equity markets indices start week on a high, EGX30 up 26.78 bps, market cap adds EGP 171 mill…

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index, EGX70, EGX100 and the EGX20 capped index started the week on a high today with most of the Indices recording rises and market capitalisation topping EGP 486,708 Million. The benchmark index EGX30 closed on 8049.69 up 26.78 points to end the day with an increase of 0.33 percent from its previous close of 8022.91 points (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -9.82 percent and equal to 3,534 points in US$ terms). The EGX20 capped index was up 1.44 points, gaining by 0.02 percent to close at 8088.23 up from 8086.79 recorded…

Ghana Equity Watch | 21 July 2015: Investors lost GHS 58 million and composite index slumped by 15.78 points or 0.69 percent

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana benchmark composite index slumped by 15.78 points or 0.69 percent to end the day at 2,274.62, its year- to- date performance reduces to 0.60 percent. At the same time, the financial Index tumbled by 21.84 points or 0.94 percent to trade at 2,310.03 with a year-to-date return of 2.96 percent. The market capitalization also dropped by GHS 58 million to close at GHS 63,995 million relative to GHS 64,708.90 recorded at previous trading session. From the…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 21 July 2015: BRVM Composite index gained 0.34%, BRVM 10 index rose by 0.44%

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa):- BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session this Tuesday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 294.75 to 296.05 points, a gain of 0.44%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.34% to 291.29 against 290.30 points previously. The equity market capitalization also added XOF 24.4 billion to close at XOF 7,187.65 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 7,163.23…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 21 July 2015 : Nigerian Equities Market Gains for the Second Consecutive Trading Session… NSE ASI rises 92bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian equities market sustained uptrend as investors engaged in bargain hunting on the second trading day of the week. The ASI appreciated 92bps to close at 31,334.79 points. Similarly, market capitalization also added N98.2bn to close at N10.7tn. This was on the back of gains recorded in bellwether Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Industrial Goods stocks — NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+1.1%), NESTLE (+2.0%), OANDO (+10.2%) and DANGOTE…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 21 July 2015: Tanzania equities stay in red … market cap loses US$64 million and All Share index 0.56% down

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- Tanzanian equity markets continued on the southward journey. As a result the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSEI) declined by 14.60 points or 0.56 percent to close at 2,607.69 points but the Tanzanian domestic Share Index rose by 56.99 points or 1.25 percent to close at 4,620.33 points. The industrial & Allied sector index advanced by 123.97 points or 2.04 percent to settle at 6,191.36 butthe Banks, Finance…

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