African capital market

Mauritius Equity Watch | 21 July 2015: Equity markets end in red … SEMDEX 15bps and market cap MUR 327 million falls

Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets returned to negative region at end of today’s trading session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) lost 0.15 percent or 2.94 points to close at 1,952.90 points and the SEM10 index closed at 372.68 points by losing 0.58 points or 0.16 percent. In the same note, the market capitalization settled at MUR 217.118 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR 217.445 billion) by giving away MUR 327…

Angolan Economy – An uphill struggle in 2015 says Chief Economist, Tiago Dionisio

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Tiago Dionisio, Chief Economist with Eaglestone Securities Lower oil prices hit 2014 GDP growth and fiscal accounts Angola is Sub-Saharan Africa’s second largest oil producer after Nigeria and its economy remains highly dependent on the oil sector. Official figures show that the oil sector accounted for nearly 37% of the country’s GDP, 98% of its total exports and more than two-thirds of government revenues in 2014. As a result, it is…

Morocco Equity Watch | 20th July 2015: Morocco equity markets Indices bounce back, MASI rises 59.47 points and MADEX up 44.20 points…

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity markets indices bounced back with gains today with the MASI index ending the session up and the MADEX also up following on from its losses rendered in the previous days trading. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) gained 59.47 points increasing by 0.61 percent to close at 9736.46 up from its previous close of 9676.99 recorded yesterday (taking the year-to-date performance to 1.21 percent). Equally, the Moroccan most active share index (MADEX) increased 0.56 percent or 44.20 points to close at 7,979.17 points up…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 20 July 2015: Market capitalization declined by XOF 10 billion …

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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 Monday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 295.99 to 294.75 points, a drop of 0.42 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.14 percent to 290.30 against 290.70 points previously. The equity market capitalization declined by XOF 9.8 billion to close at XOF 7,163.23 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 20 July 2015: Tanzania equities starts bearish … market cap loses TZS 650 million

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- Tanzanian equity markets began the week on bearish note. As a result the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSEI) marginally declined by 0.07 points or 0.003 percent to close at 2,622.29 points and the Tanzanian domestic Share Index slightly fell by 0.31 points or 0.01 percent to close at 4,563.34 points. Likewise, the Commercial Services sector index plunged by 41.86 points or 1.05 percent to settle at 3,953.28…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 20 July 2015: Equity markets start on bullish … SEMDEX 27bps and market cap adds MUR 592 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets started the week on a positive momentum. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) added 0.27 percent or 0.52 points to close at 1,955.84 points and the SEM10 index closed at 373.27 points after increasing by 1.95 points or 0.52 percent. In the same note, the market capitalization rose by MUR 592 million to close at MUR 217.445 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR 216.853)….

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 20th July 2015: Zimbabwe equities open the week in red …. ZSE industrial index down -0.02 points, mining still on a flat line…

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) Industrial Index closed trading in the red zone today. The industrial index fell by -0.01% or -0.02 points to end at 143.47 down from 143.56 points recorded at close last week (-11.86% year-to-date and -22.83% year-on-year basis). The mining index however, remained flat with no movement (0.00%) to close at 40.09 points the same as it its close last week (taking year-to-date to -44.09% and year-on-year return to -30.67% respectively). The market capitalization ended at US$ 3.765 billion while the…

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