African capital market

Nigeria Market Watch | June 2nd 2015: Nigerian Equities Market Defies Presidential Silence…NSE ASI up 5bps

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- Despite a presidential silence on key policy direction and appointment of key cabinet members, the Nigerian All Share index (ASI) added 5bps today as against previous session to close at 34,061.89 points. Today’s gain was broadly driven by price appreciation in Consumer Goods tickers such as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+2.0%) and UNILEVER (+0.9%). Market capitalization advanced N5.9bn to close N11.6tn while activity level measured by volume and value decreased 34.2% and…

Morocco Market Watch | June 2nd 2015: Moroccan equity market continues in red

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity market continued it bearish mood today. Morocco’s benchmark stock index (MASI Index) lost 0.14 percent to close at 9,674.37 points (reduced year-to-date performance to 0.56 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 491.454 billion (decreased by MAD 452 million compared to previous trading sessions market capitalization of MAD 491.906 billion) and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 73.212 million (an increase of 245…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 2nd 2015: Mauritius equity market indices maintains positive trend

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):-Mauritius equity market indices maintained upwards trend during today’s session. The Semdex gained 0.17 percent to 1956.99 points and the SEM-10 rose by 0.19 percent to 370.81 points. With regard to market shakers, overall total market turnover amounted to MUR 50.8 million mainly geared towards SBM Holdings which accounted for 53.4 percent of total market turnover. SBM Holdings traded flat at MUR 0.93 on 29.2 million shares. MCB Group…

Kenya Market Watch | June 2nd 2015: Kenyan equity market end in mixed mood…

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index plummeted by 29.92 points to 4,816.66 points but Nairobi All Share Index gained 2.12 points to close at 164.25. However, the FTSE NSE 25 and FTSE NSE 15 indices remained unchanged to close the day at 218.46 and 218.09 points respectively. The market capitalization was recorded at KES 2,297.46 billion. Looking at the market activities, total volume of shares traded dropped by 67.63 percent…

Egypt Market Watch | June 2nd 2015: Egypt’s stock market recovers and market cap gains EGP 3.5 billion.

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egypt’s stock market recovered at end of Tuesday’s trading sessions, gaining around EGP 3.5 billion to end market capitalization at EGP 499,008 billion, backed by local institutions’ strong buying appetite. The benchmark index EGX30 (which measures the top 30 active stocks) retreated it early slide , closing with a gain of 1.17 percent or 102.55 points to end the day at 8,847.59 points. In the same positive trend, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 surge by…

Egypt Market Watch | June 1st 2015: Egypt equities continue to slide losing EGP 164 million

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):-Egyptian equity markets plummeted today, the first day of the week and month of June. The market capitalization lost GBP164 million to end at EGP 495.542, compared with previous market capitalization of EGP 495.705 billion. The benchmark index EGX30 (which measures the top 30 active stocks) retreated it early upsurge to later decline by 0.43 percent or 37.51 points to end the day at 8,745.04 points. Likewise, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 went…

Morocco Market Watch | June 1st 2015: Moroccan equity market returns to negative trend

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco’s benchmark stock index (MASI Index) lost 0.24 percent to close at 9,687.63 points (reduced year-to-date performance to 0.70 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 491,906 billion (decreased by MAD 1.16 billion compared to previous trading sessions market capitalization of MAD 493.119 billion) and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 21.195 million (a decrease from previous trading session of MAD 967.881 million). Likewise, Moroccan…

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