African equity market

Egypt Market Watch | June 15th 2015: Egyptian equity markets bleeding blood non-stop for eight trading session

Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets bleeding blood non-stop for eight trading session (since Wednesday 3rd June 2015). The market capitalisation lost almost EGP 1.7 billion (cumulative loss of EGP 15.7 billion relative to market cap at Wednesday 3rd June 2015) to close at EGP 484.550 billion (against EGP 486.213 billion recorded yesterday). The benchmark index EGX30 tumbled by 0.22 percent or 18.50 points to end the day at 8,515.63 points (-4.60 percent year-to-date…

Egypt Market Watch | June 14th 2015: Egyptian equity markets slide by EGP 3.2 billion

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices tumbled at beginning of the week, with the market capitalisation went down by almost EGP 3.2 billion to close at EGP 486.213 billion (against EGP 489.388 billion recorded yesterday) on thin liquidity which is below EGP 250 million and lack of institutional investors. The benchmark index EGX30 tumbled by 1.07 percent or 92.33 points to end the day at 8,534.13 points (-4.40 percent year-to-date performance). Equally,…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 12th 2015: Nigerian Equities sustained its previous day’s gain, adding 19bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian equities market sustained its previous day’s gain, adding 19bps to close at 33,621.75points. In like manner, market capitalization added N22.3bn to berth at N11.5tn. Improvement in market performance was broadly driven by bargain hunting in GUINNESS (+5.8%) and ETI (+1.3%). Market activities were however mixed as a total of 243.3m (+57.9%) units of shares worth N3.9bn (-6.3%) were traded. Sector indices were all positive. The Banking…

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | June 12th 2015: BRVM equities market cap lost XOF 27 billion today

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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 Friday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 274.84 to 274.07 points, a drop of 0.28%. BRVM Composite index lost 0.39% to 273.95 against 275.02 points previously. At the same time, the equity market capitalization lost XOF 26.31 billion to close at XOF 6,759.87 billion compared with previous trading sessions’ market capitalization…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 12th 2015: Mauritius equity market retracted its uptrend runs, market cap lost MUR 337 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market retracted its uptrend runs today, the SEMDEX index tumbled by 0.15 percent or 3.04 points to reach 1,975.05 points and the Sem-10 slide by 0.19 percent or 0.72 points to 376.10 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.581 billion, by losing MUR 337 million (against MUR 219.918 billion recorded yesterday) and overall total volume trade recorded at 20.433 million and turnover amounted to MUR…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | June 12th 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index ended the week on a high note, add 0.11% and US$4 million

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index ended the week on a high note after adding 0.16 points (0.11%) to close at 152.20 points. However, on week-on-week basis, the index lost 1.29 points or 0.84 percent. Equally, the market capitalization was recorded at US$3.969 billion, by adding US$4 million against previous trading session market capitalization of US$3.965 The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$281,678 exchanged in 12 traded securities…

Egypt Market Watch | June 11th 2015: Egyptian equity markets further nose-dive by EGP 1.5 billion on thin liquidity

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices further nose-dive and end the week on a negative note, with the market capitalisation giving away nearly EGP 1.5 billion to close at EGP 489.388 billion (against EGP 490.888 billion recorded yesterday), as it was pressured by selling tendency of retail traders as well as local and Arab institutions. The benchmark index EGX30 drifted by 0.15 percent or 12.97 points to end the day at 8,626.46…

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