African capital market

Mauritius Equity Watch | 16 July 2015: Investors lost MUR 21 million on Mauritius shares … both indices 0.01% marginally down

Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius stocks ended in red at end of today’s trading session. As a result, the Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) tumbled by 0.01 percent or 0.18 points to settle at 1,950.84 points and the SEM10 index ended at 371.20 points by giving away 0.03 points or 0.01 percent. The market capitalization went down by MUR 21 million to settle at MUR 216.888 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 15 July 2015: BRVM stock markets close higher … added XOF 57 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 Wednesday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 287.78 to 291.63 points, a gain of 1.34%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.81% to 287.88 against 285.57 points previously. The equity market capitalization also added XOF 57 billion to close at XOF 7,103.48 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 7,046.49…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 15 July 2015: Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) down by 138 basis points and market cap sheds US$156 million

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSEI) declined by 36.45 points or 1.38 percent to close at 2,613.34 points and the Tanzanian domestic Share Index down by 1.37 points or 0.03 percent to close at 4,560.62 points. Likewise, the Banks, Finance & Investment (BI) sector index and Industrial & Allied sector index dropped by 0.06 percent and 0.02 percent and Commercial Services sector index remained unchanged to end…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 15 July 2015 : All Share index shed 128bps to drop below the psychologically important level of 31,000 points

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian equities market continued its negative strides into the eleventh session as the All Share Index (ASI) dipped further by 1.3% to settle at 30,970.51pts. In like manner, market capitalisation also fell N137.4bn to close at 10.6tn. Against the gloomy investor sentiments in the equities market, price decline in bellwether consumer goods (NIGERIAN BREWERIES) and industrial goods (DANGOTE CEMENT) counters led to the further decline in the…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 15 July 2015: Mauritius stocks maintained the bullish momentum … added MUR 360 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius stocks maintained the bullish momentum at end of today’s trading session. As a result, the Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) jumped by 0.17 percent or 3.24 points to settle at 1,951.02 points and the SEM10 index moved to 371.24 points by adding 1.00 points or 0.27 percent. The market capitalization increased by MUR 360 million to settle at MUR 216.909 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 14 July 2015: Tanzania equity markets lost US$144 million … DSEI declined by 129 bps

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- Investors lost about TSZ 300 billion (US$144 million) with market capitalization of TZS 23,579 billion against TZS 23,494 recorded at previous trading session. The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSEI) declined by 34.50 points or 1.29 percent to close at 2,694.79 points and the Tanzanian domestic Share Index down by 5.14 points or 1.29 percent to close at 4,561.99 points. Likewise, Commercial Services sector index plunged by 3.13…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 14 July 2015 : Inflation numbers further dampened investors sentiment today…

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The release of negative inflation numbers (Headline 9.2% y/y) further dampened investors sentiment today(ASI –0.81%), extending the index loss for the tenth consecutive session. Tier I banks were the most hit as investors offloaded shares of Zenith(-3.97%), Guaranty(-1.53%) and FBNH(-1.52%). On the flip side, a combination of foreign buying and thinning offers helped lift prices of ETI(+2.69%) and UBA(+2.38%). Consumers were also down, Flourmill(-4.85%), NB(-0.60%) and UACN(-0.73%) dropped amid…

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