African equity market

Zimbabwe Market Watch | June 3rd 2015: Zimbabwe stock equity market bled more blood, lost US$18 million.

Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index end in red in second consecutive trading day, the index lost 0.56 points (0.37 percent) to settle at 152.36 points. Likewise, the market capitalization fell from US$ 3.981 billion to settle at US$3.963 billion (reducing by US$18 million). The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$1.410 million exchanging in 19 securities via 34 trade transactions. Foreign investor buys US$1.036 million and foreign sells…

Egypt Market Watch | June 3rd 2015: Egypt’s stock market maintains upward trend, market cap gains EGP 1.2 billion.

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egypt’s stock market recovered at end of Wednesday’s trading sessions, gaining around EGP 1.2 billion to end market capitalization at 500,239 billion compared with EGP 499,007 billion recorded at previous trading sessions. The benchmark index EGX30 (which measures the top 30 active stocks) continued it upward momentum, by gaining 0.66 percent or 58.01 points to close at 8,905.60 points, bringing the year-to-date yield to -0.235 percent. However, the small and mid-cap…

Ghana Market Watch | June 2nd 2015: Ghana stock market advances today, add GHS 25 million

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity markets retracted from yesterday lost, as a result end in green. The benchmark composite index gained 10.3 points (about 0.44 percent) to end the day at 2,367.14, increasing the year- to- date return to 4.69 percent. The financial Index also surged by 14.33 points (0.59 percent) to 2,423.33 with a year-to-date return of 8.00 percent. In the same positive mood, the market capitalization added nearly GHS 25 million (0.04 percent) to settle…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | June 2nd 2015: Zimbabwe stock equity market lose US$3 million.

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index retracted previous trading session gains, by losing 0.15 points (0.10 percent) to settle at 153.08 points. Likewise, the market capitalization was recorded at US$ 3.981 billion giving up US$ 3 million. The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$1.052 million exchanging in 20 securities via 49 trade transactions. Foreign investor buys US$962,395 and foreign sells US$943,853 today. Out of the 20 traded securities, Delta…

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

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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…

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…

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