African equity market

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | June 2nd 2015: BRVM stock market gains XOF 54 billion and indices rise

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa):- BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) BRVM closed its trading session this Tuesday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 273.46 to 276.13 points, a gain of 0.98%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.82% to 269.66 against 267.48 points previously. The equity market capitalization added XOF 54 billion to close recorded at XOF 6,600.34 billion. Looking at the market activity, today trading activity improved…

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…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | June 1st 2015: Zimbabwe stock equity industrial index start the week on a positive trend, by adding 0.12 points

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index start the week on a positive trend, by adding 0.12 points (0.08 percent) to settle at 153.08 points. Likewise, the market capitalization was recorded at US$ 3.981. The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$33,573 changing hands in 5 securities via 7 trade deals. Foreign investor buys US$22,997 and no foreign sells today. Out of the 5 traded securities, the SEED Company Limited…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 1st 2015: Nigerian Equities Market Drags on Buhari’s Torch…NSE ASI down 0.8%

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian Bourse fell 0.8% at the close of market today and berthed at 34,044.65 points. Today’s decline was largely due to price depreciation in NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-2.1%) and ZENITH BANK (-2.5%). Market capitalization shed N90.3bn to close at N11.6tn. Market activity also weakened as volume and value dropped 52.1% and 53.9% to dock at 340.6m units and N5.5bn respectively. The Industrial sector Index rose marginally by 1bps as ASHAKA CEMENT added 0.3%. All other sectors closed…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 1st 2015: Mauritius equity market Semdex index gained 0.08%

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):-Mauritius equity market Semdex gained 0.08% to 1953.59 points and the SEM-10 increased by 0.15% to 370.10 points. The market capitalization ended the trading session at MUR 217.195 billion. From the market activity perspective, today total market turnover amounted to MUR 64.2 million mainly geared towards Sanlam, New Mauritius Hotel and SBM Holidngs Mauritius which accounted for 76.2% of total market turnover. In term of price movers, Sanlam lost 4.2 percent to reach MUR 5.50 on a volume of 93,400 shares. While SBM…

Ghana Market Watch | June 1st 2015: Ghana stock market opens the week on a quite note and in a negative mood

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity market opens the week on a quite note and in a negative mood. The benchmark composite index declined by 5.79 points (about -0.25 percent) to end the day at 2,356.84, reducing the year- to- date return to 4.24 percent. Likewise, the financial Index plummeted by 7.71 points (-0.32 percent) to 2,408.99 with a year-to-date return of 7.37 percent. However, the market capitalization was recorded at GHS 64,545.46 million. From the market activity perspective,…

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