African capital market

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 10th July 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index ends with late surge, up 0.23 points, market cap adds US$10 mill but mining back in the red..

Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):– The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index ended the week with a late surge today as the industrial index clawed back into the green pushing up market capitalization, however the Mining Index tumbled back into the red after rises in the previous days trading. The Industrial index was up 0.23 points from its previous days level of 144.63, increasing by 0.15 percent to end at 144.86 points, bringing the year-to-date to -11.01 percent and -23.27 for the year-on-year basis. The Mining…

Morocco Equity Watch | 10th July 2015: Morocco equity markets Indices bounce back with gains today, MASI rises 48.44 points and MADEX up 46.52 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 48.44 points increasing by 0.50 percent to close at 9646.24 up from its previous close of 9586.97 recorded yesterday (taking the year-to-date performance to 0.27 percent). Equally, the Moroccan most active share index (MADEX) increased 0.59 percent or 46.52 points to close at 7,903.56 points up…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 10 July 2015 : Nigerian Bourse capped off a week of poor performance by extending its bearish run

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse capped off a week of poor performance by extending its bearish run to the last trading day of the week. The All Share Index fell 0.1% to close at 31,729 points. The market was dragged by losses in UNILEVER (-5.0%), FORTE OIL (-2.8%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-0.7%). A total of N8.8bn was lost by investors as market capitalization declined to N10.8tn. However, market activity was…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 10 July 2015: Mauritius stock markets end the week in red, give up MUR 461 Mill down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets ended the week on a bearish note after shedding MUR 461 million this week. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) fell by 0.21 percent or 4.15 points to close at 1,960.27 points and the SEM10 index traded at 372.37 levels, after slumped by 0.09 percent or 0.35 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 217.938 billion, after falling by MUR 461 million (relative to MUR…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 9 July 2015 : Market still Bearish… ASI sheds 82bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Sell-offs in the Nigerian Equities market moderated today causing the broader index to close at 31,768.23pts after dropping 82bps. Following the trend, market capitalisation also dipped N90.0bn to N10.8tn. The decline in index was due to the losses sustained in Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods blue chips — FORTE OIL (-5.0%) and GUINNESS (5.0%) respectively. Conversely, market activities measured by the volume and value of shares traded…

Botswana Equity Watch | 9th July 2015: Botswana equity markets DCI and LASI continue to rise, market cap increases by a further BWP 90 Mill…

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Shares of Domestic companies listed on the BSE Equity Main Board continued on the up in Thursdays session as the DCI main and local LASI indices recorded further increases although the FCI again continued with no change. The market capitalisation also saw further increases, along with 7 price movements, helping to add to the positive sentiment which started earlier on in the week. The Botswana Domestic Composite Index (DCI) was up 20 points to close at BWP…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 9 July 2015: BRVM equity market cap over XOF 7 trillion … BRVM Composite index gains 128bps

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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 Thursday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 282.38 to 287.46 points, a gain of 1.80%. BRVM Composite index gained 1.28% to 285.11 against 281.51 points previously. The equity market capitalization also added XOF 89 billion to close at XOF 7,035.34 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 6,946.33…

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