African equity market

Nigeria Market Watch | May 26th 2015: Nigerian stock market reverses 5-Day loss…NSE ASI gains 43bps

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian Stock market closed in the green today after posting losses for 5 consecutive trading days. NSE ASI gained 0.4% to close at 34,298.64 points. Today’s positive close was largely driven by gains in DANGOTE CEMENT (+1.1%) and FBN HOLDING (+2.2%). Market capitalization also improved N49.9bn to N11.7tn. In like manner, market activity increased as value and volume traded both advanced 34.1% and 145.2% to close N3.7bn and 540.6m units…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | May 26th 2015: Zimbabwe stock lose US$54mn and index down ..

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) the industrial index gave up 2.10 points (1.35 percent) to settle at 153.84 points. Likewise, the market capitalization was recorded at US$ 4.000 billion (lost US$54 million compared to yesterday’s market capitalization of US$4,054 billion). From the market activity perspective, today’s turnover was recorded at US$2,179,003 changing hands in 13 securities via 21 trade deals. Foreign investor buys US$1,946,270 and sells US$2,076,461. Out of the nine…

Kenya Market Watch | May 26th 2015: Kenya equities extend bearish and lose KES 19bn

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index continued in negative mood and shed off 5.17 point to 4,853.44 points and Nairobi All Share Index lost 1.34 points to close at 162.80. Likewise, the FTSE NSE 25 and FTSE NSE 15 indices went down by 0.13 points and 0.11 points to close the day at 218.49 and 218.01 points respectively. The market capitalization lost almost KES 19 billion (about 0.81 percent) to…

Egypt Market Watch |May 26th 2015: Egypt equities end in red and lose EGP 3.2bn

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):-Egyptian equity market closed in negative territory today. The market capitalization declined from EGP 506.089 billion to EGP 502.936 billion (that is lost over EGP 3.2 billion). The benchmark index EGX30 lost 0.83 percent or 75.44 points to end the day at 8,975.32 points (0.546 percent year-to-date performance). Likewise, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 went down by 0.23 percent to settle at 483.17 points (-14.55 percent year-to-date return). Also, the broader index EGX100 lost by…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | May 25th 2015: Zimbabwe stock industrial index added 0.92pts …

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) the industrial index added 0.92 points (0.59%) to settle at 155.94 points. Likewise, the market capitalization was recorded at US$ 4.054 billion.. From the market activity perspective, today’s total volume and turnover was recorded at 1.18 million and US$297,199 respectively exchanging in 12 shares via 23 transactions. Foreign investor buys US$4,787 and sells US$86,250. Out of the nine traded securities, ECONET WIRELESS Zimbabwe, HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES LIMITED…

Nigeria Market Watch | May 25th 2015: Nigerian equity market extends losses to 5th day

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian Bourse fell 0.4% at the close of market today and berthed at 34,151.81 points. The NSE ASI sustained decline largely due to the price depreciation in NESTLE (-1.3%), ZENITH (-1.1%) and UBN (-4.3%). Market capitalization also shed N40.9bn to close at N11.6tn. Market activity however improved as volume and value rose 9.1% and 33.1% to 220.5m units and N2.7bn respectively. WAPCO Drives Gains in Industrial Index The Industrial Index…

Morocco Market Watch | May 25th 2015: Moroccan equity indices went up..

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco’s benchmark stock index (MASI Index) rose by 0.06 percent to close at 9,673.07 points (0.55 percent year-to-date performance) with total market capitalization at MAD 487.691 billion and market activities measured by total traded value was recorded at MAD 20.324 million. Likewise, Moroccan most active share index (MADEX) closed at 7,911.85 points (advanced by 0.12 percent compared to previous trading day). In addition, FTSE CSE Morocco 15 Index gained 0.35…

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