African capital market

Egypt Market Watch | June 18th 2015: Egyptian stock exchange maintains the uptrend momentum with EGP 1.6 billion gains.

Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity indices were maintained the bullish momentum to close the week on positive note. The market capitalisation gained around EGP 1.4 billion to close at EGP 490.129 billion (against EGP 488.733 billion recorded yesterday), backed by Egyptians’ strong buying. On a week-on-week basis, market capitalization added EGP 0.7 billion relative to last week Thursday market capitalization. The benchmark index EGX30 slightly surged by 0.24 percent or 20.16 points to end…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Biding Time to Make Quick wins …NSE ASI sheds 37bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The Nigerian Bourse slipped further at the close of market today as the NSE All Share Index (ASI) shed 0.4% to close at 33,478.42 points. The decline in the benchmark index today was on the back of price depreciation in bellwethers such as DANGOTECEMENT (-1.1%) and ZENITHBANK (-2.0%). Today’s market activity was marked by 13.0% decline in volume traded to 194.0m units and 13.0% increase in value traded to…

Ghana Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization bounce to green today, GHS 117 million up

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization climbed at the end of today’s trading session, amid of increased investor appetite. The benchmark composite index surged 21.14 points or about 0.77 percent to end the day at 2,382.07, bringing the year- to- date return to 5.35 percent. Equally, the financial Index climbed by 32.1 points or 1.11 percent to 2,446.19 with a year-to-date return of 9.03 percent. Likewise, the market capitalization gained nearly GHS 116.7 million (rose…

Tanzania Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Tanzania equity market adds TSZ 50 billion and index up by 0.17%

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSEI) rose by 4.86 points or 0.17 percent to close at 2,833.80 points and market capitalization recorded at TZS 24,803.07 billion (an increase of about TSZ 49.60 billion against previous trade session market cap of TSZ 24,852.67). However, the domestic Share Index declined by 0.70 points or 0.01 percent to close at 4,769.94 points. From the market activity angle, a total…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Mauritius equity market maintains positive momentum, SEMDEX 0.13% up, Market Cap adds MUR 275 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market continued the positive momentum at the end of trading session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) gained 0.13 percent or 2.48 points to close 1,975.82 points and the SEM10 surge by 0.31 percent or 1.18 points to end at 377.11 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.666 billion, by adding MUR 275 million (against MUR 219.391 billion recorded at previous trading day) and…

Morocco Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Morocco equity market ended in red for third consecutive trading days, MAD 2.11 billion

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity market ended in red for third consecutive trading days. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (MASI Index) plunged by 0.44 percent or 41.91 to close at 9,501.72 points (with a year-to-date performance to -1.23 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 482.331 billion (gave up almost MAD 2.11 billion against previous trading session market cap of MAD 484.437 billion) and market activities measured as total traded value was…

Egypt Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Egyptian stock exchange surges for 2nd day in a row; equities gain EGP 1.6 billion

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity indices were bullish today and maintained yesterday gains. The market capitalisation gained around EGP 1.60 billion to close at EGP 488.733 billion (against EGP 487.136 billion recorded yesterday), backed by Egyptians’ strong buying. The benchmark index EGX30 slightly surged by 0.01 percent or 0.45 points to end the day at 8,556.55 points (-4.15 percent year-to-date performance). Similarly, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 climbed by 0.39 percent or 1.75 points to…

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