African equity market

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | June 10th 2015: BRVM equity market cap loses XOF 29 billion and indices plunge

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa):- BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session this Wednesday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 277.74 to 274.48 points, a drop of 1.17%. BRVM Composite index lost 0.42% to 273.65 against 274.81 points previously. At the same time, the equity market capitalization fell by XOF 28.64 billion to close at XOF 6,752.47 billion compared with previous trading sessions’ market…

Ghana Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization nose-dive today

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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 5.73 points (about 0.24 percent) to end the day at 2,380.78, bringing the year- to- date return to 5.30 percent. Equally, the financial Index plunged by 9,59 points or 0.39 percent to 2,430.31 with a year-to-date return of 8.32 percent. Alike, the market capitalization went down nearly GHS 206.23 million (-0.32 percent relative to yesterday market…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Mauritius equity market extends bullish run, market cap adds MUR 25 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market extended it bullish runs at end of today’s trading session, the SEMDEX index went up by 0.01 percent to reach 1,976.37 points and the Sem-10 rose by 0.16 percent to 376.21 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.749 billion (against MUR 219.724 billion recorded yesterday) and overall total volume trade recorded at 17.785 million and turnover amounted to MUR 60.727 million. SBM Holdings…

Egypt Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Egyptian equity markets nose-dive by EGP 1.2 billion

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices nose-dive, with the market capitalisation giving away nearly EGP 1.2 billion to close at EGP 490.888 billion (against EGP 492.076 billion recorded yesterday), pressured by sell-offs among foreign investors and Egyptian institutional investors despite MSCI decision to keep Egyptian equities in its emerging markets index and Central bank coverage of 50% of the dollar backlog owed to foreign investors. The benchmark index EGX30 plunged by 0.25…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index extended it bearish runs, down by US$14 million

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index extended it bearish runs, by further losing 0.56 points (0.36 percent) to settle at 152.05 points. Likewise, the market capitalization was recorded at US$ 3.965 billion losing US$14 million against previous trading session market capitalization of US$3.979 The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$156,653 exchanged in 12 traded securities in 38 trade transactions. Foreign investor buys US$110,993 and zero foreign sells today….

Nigeria Market Watch | June 9th 2015: Bearish Momentum for Equities Sustained… NSE ASI sheds 29bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- Investors’ sentiment on the Nigerian bourse remained weak today as equities slipped further into the negative territory. The All Share Index (ASI) trended south, closing 29bps weaker at 33,492.17 points, hence bringing cumulative losses in June to 2.4%. This followed extended selloffs recorded in Banking and Oil and Gas stocks — GUARANTY (-1.3%), FBN HOLDING (-1.7%), UBA (-2.4%), FORTE OIL (-0.8%) and OANDO (-1.2%). Similarly, market capitalization shed N33.5bn to…

Kenya Market Watch | June 9th 2015: Kenya equity market end in red, loses KES 2.4 billion, indices fall

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- Both Kenya equity market indices end bearish runs. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index plummeted by 16.02 points to close at 4,745.42 points and Nairobi All Share Index slide by 0.17 points to settle at 162.36. However, the FTSE NSE 25 and FTSE NSE 15 indices remained flat to close the day at 218.22 and 217.90 points respectively. The market capitalization fell by KES 2.4 billion to close at KES…

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