African capital market

Nigeria Equity Watch | 6 July 2015 : Nigerian Nigerian bourse opens the week negative … ASI dips 0.3%

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The Nigerian bourse opened the week negative consequent on the 0.3% loss recorded as the NSE All Share Index settled at 32,447.05pts. Today’s market performance was dragged majorly by price depreciations in bellwether stocks such as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.3%), ZENITH BANK (-1.9%) and GUINNESS (-3.2%). However, market activities as measured by volume and value were positive. Volume and value advanced by 12.3% and 7.6% to close at 155.6mn and…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 6 July 2015: Tanzania equity market opens the week bullish … DSEI gains 0.44%

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- Tanzanian stock markets opened the week bullish. The market capitalization added TZS 109.32 billion to end at TZS 23,221 billion relative to TZS 23,112 recorded at previous trading session. The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSEI) gained 11.73 points or 0.44 percent to close at 2,652.81 points. However, the Tanzanian domestic Share Index dropped 14.85 points or 0.32 percent to close at 4,671.54 points. The Banks, Finance…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 6 July 2015: Mauritius equity market opens in mixed feelings, adds MUR 26 million, SEMDEX 0.01% up, SEM10 3bps down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets opened the week on mixed feelings. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) slightly rose by 0.01 percent or 0.23 points to close 1,964.65 points and the SEM10 index narrowly fell 0.03 percent or 0.12 points to end at 373.72 points. The market capitalization added MUR 26 million to settle at MUR 218.425 billion (as against MUR 218.399 billion recorded at yesterday’s trading session). The overall total…

Egypt Equity Watch | 5th July 2015: Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index dives 1.16% as market cap reaches EGP 496 billion

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index dived 1.16 percent however market activity by Nationals pushed market capitalisation to EGP 496.131 billion arresting a weakening market through increased mid cap trading volumes. The benchmark index EGX30 dropped 1.16 percent to end the day at 8218.25 points (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -7.9351 percent). Likewise, EGX70, which measures small and mid-cap index, plunged -0.85 percent to settle at 438.51 points (-22.4466 percent year-to-date return). The broader index EGX100 slumped…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 3rd July 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index ends the week in the red zone, market cap holds at US3,802 Mill…

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):– The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index and market capitalization ended the week in the red with market activity, foreign buys and foreign sales all dropping down into the red at the end of the day’s session . The Industrial index slumped by -0.02 percent going downwards a further 0.03 points on Thursdays session to end at 146.20 points, stretching the year-to-date to -10.19 percent and -21.68 on year-on-year…

Botswana Equity Watch | 3rd July 2015: Botswana equity market sees share price in bullish mood as market cap settles at BWP 421 Mill…

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Shares of Domestic companies on the main board put up a fight as prices appeared in bullish mood recording marginal price rises against losses recorded by the indices. The Botswana Domestic Composite Index (DCI) lost -0.05 percent to close at BWP 10,692.36 down -5.33 points from its last close of BWP 10,697.69 The Foreign Composite Index (FCI) however remained flat recording a minimal change -0.01 to close at 1,571.85 points to settle on the…

Morocco Equity Watch | 3rd July 2015: Morocco equity markets rally as Market sentiment recovers to move index up 80 points..

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity markets rallied to recover ending the week up following on from previous days losses. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) gained by 0.73 percent to close at 9,621.22 up 80.09 points from the 9,541.13 points recorded yesterday (with a year-to-date performance to 0.01 percent). On the same note, the Moroccan most active share index (MADEX) closed at 7,878,91 up from the 7,812.59 points recorded…

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