African capital market

Botswana Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Botswana domestic composite index adds 100 bps

Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index added 0.01 percent or 13,00 point to close at BWP 10,601.66. However, the foreign composite index marginally lost 0.06 basis point to close at 1,570.91 points. However, the equity market capitalization was recorded at BWP 430.421 billion. From the market activity viewpoint, the daily volume and turnover settle at 381,663 and BWP 1.400 million. Barclays Bank Botswana recorded a volume of 30,000 and turnover of BWP 126,000, G4S ended with 27,027…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Mauritius equity market adds MUR 61 million and indices marginally up

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market retracted today to end in positive region, the SEMDEX index climbed by 0.03 percent or 0.58 points to close 1,973.34 points and the Sem-10 advanced by 0.08 percent or 0.31 points to 375.93 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.391 billion, by adding MUR 61 million (against MUR 219.326 billion recorded at previous trading day) and overall total volume trade recorded at 1.339 million and…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Bears Return to the Market… NSE ASI down 35bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse halted three days uptrend, easing 0.4%to close the day at 33,602. 67 points. Losses recorded in UNION BANK (-4.8%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.3%) and DANGOTE CEMENT (-0.6%) were largely responsible for today’s decline. Also, market capitalization moderated by N40.3bn to berth at N11.5tn. Market activity weakened on 2.8% and 25.1% depreciation in volume and value traded after a total of 222.9m units of shares worth N3.6bn…

Kenya Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Kenya equity market returns to positive, market cap adds KES 1.8 billion.

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index surged by 13.65 points to close at 4,773.23 points and Nairobi All Share Index slide by 0.13 points to settle at 162.88. However, the FTSE NSE 25 and FTSE NSE 15 indices plummeted by 0.21 points and 0.04 points to close 217.67 and 217.31 points respectively. The market capitalization added KES 1.8 billion (about 0.08 percent) to close at KES 2,278.26 billion. Looking…

Ghana Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization tumble

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization nose-dive at the end of today’s trading session. The benchmark composite index dropped 3.15 points (about 0.13 percent) to end the day at 2,360.66, bringing the year- to- date return to 4.41 percent. Equally, the financial Index plunged by 5.21 points or 0.22 percent to 2,414.09 with a year-to-date return of 7.60 percent. Alike, the market capitalization went down nearly GHS 17.14 million (-0.03percent relative to yesterday market cap…

Tanzania Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Tanzania equity market adds TSZ 61 billion and index up by 0.25%

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSEI) rose by 7.60 points or 0.25 percent to close at 2,838.66 points and market capitalization recorded at TZS 24,852.67 billion (an increase of about TSZ 61.21 billion against previous trade session market cap of TSZ 24,791.46). However, the domestic Share Index declined by 26.26 points or 0.55 percent to close at 4,769.24 points. Today, the market recorded a total turnover…

Morocco Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Morocco equity market continued in negative region, down by MAD 37 billion

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity market continued in the negative region. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (MASI Index) plunged by 0.74 percent to close at 9,543.63 points (with a year-to-date performance to -0.80 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 484.437 billion (lost about MAD 37 billion against previous trading session market cap of MAD 488.137) and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 70.493 million. Equally, Moroccan…

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