African equity market

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | June 1st 2015: BRVM stock market begins on bearish by losing XOF 13bn

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa):- BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session this Monday, lower than the previous trading sessions. BRVM 10 index decreased from 273.88 to 273.46 points, a drop of 0.15%. BRVM Composite index lost 0.19% to 267.48 against 268 points previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,600.34 billion compared to XOF 6,613.04 billion previously (lost almost XOF 13 billion). Looking at the…

Botswana Market Watch | June 1st 2015: Botswana equity market starts June with positive trend.

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index starts the week on a positive trend, adding 0.03 percent to extend its year-to-date growth by 10.59 percent. However, the foreign composite index remained flat to close at 1,569 points and year-to-date return is still in the red. The equity market capitalization gained BWP 608 million to end the day at BWP 382,197. From the market activity viewpoint, the markets started the start day of the week with a snail’s…

Egypt Market Watch | May 31st 2015: Egypt equities continue to slide losing EGP 5.4bn

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):-Egyptian equity markets slipped today, pressured by a selling tendency among Arab investors. The market capitalization lost EGP 5.4 billion to close at EGP 495.705, compared with EGP 501.110 billion on previous trading sessions. The benchmark index EGX30 declined by 1.45 percent or 129.50 points to end the day at 8,782.55 points (-1.614 percent year-to-date performance). Likewise, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 went down by 1.76 percent (or 8.42 points) to settle at…

Mauritius Market Watch | May 29th 2015: Mauritius equity market indices ended the week on a negative note today

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market indices ended the week on a negative note today. The SEMDEX index lost 0.21 percent to end at 1952.00 points and the SEM10 index fell by 0.41 percent to 369.56 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 217.018 billion at end of today’s trading sessions. Looking at the market activity, today total market turnover amounted to MUR 145.2 million mainly geared towards SBM Holdings, MCB Group…

Ghana Market Watch | May 29th 2015: Ghanaian benchmark index marginally adds 4bps

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity benchmark composite index rose by 1.02 points to end the day at 2,362.63, representing a year- to- date return of 4.49 percent. The Financial stock index also trimmed 5.63 points to 2,416.70 with a year-to-date return of 7.71 percent. Trading activity on the stock market was impressive with demand by bargain investors leading to gains in nine equities. Fan Milk Limited Ghana led nine movers climbing GHS 0.21 to GHS 5.54. Also, five equities gained…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | May 29th 2015: Zimbabwe stock equity extends down trend

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) the industrial index lost a further 0.01 points (0.01 percent) to settle at 152.96 points. Likewise, the market capitalization was recorded at US$ 3.978 billion (lost mere US$1 million compared to yesterday’s market capitalization). The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$330,871 changing hands in 16 securities via 26 trade deals. Foreign investor buys US$138,969 and foreign sells US$133,006 today. Out of the 16 traded…

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | May 29th 2015: BRVM returns positive and adds XOF 22 billion

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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, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 272.88 to 273.88 points, a gain of 0.37%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.32% to 268 against 267.14 points previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,613.04 billion compared to XOF 6,591.72 billion previously (up by almost XOF 22 billion). Looking at the…

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