African equity market

Mauritius Equity Markets | 24 Sep 2015 : SEMDEX Index, Market Cap Lower, SEM10 Index Higher …

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The Bullish momentum returned to the Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity trading at the end of Thursday’s trading session. As a result the equity market capitalization closed lower at MUR 213.182 billion by losing MUR 9 million (US$251,397) relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 213.191 billion. However, the Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) marginally fell by 0.08 points to close at 1,914.32 and SEM10 index gained 0.12 percent…

South Africa Equity Markets | 23 Sep 2015 : South African Equity ends in Green As Reserve Bank Holds Rate …

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa —On Wednesday, South Africa equity markets ended in the positive momentum at the end of trading session. Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share index ended 1.06 percent or 528.54 points lower to close at 50,381.63 points. The JSE Top 40 index also added 538.33 points or 1.21 percent to end at 45,062.05 points. The JSE Financial sector index plummeted by 0.83 percent or 354.06 points to end at 43,163.82 points….

Botswana Equity Markets | 23 Sept 2015: Botswana equity markets see gains, market cap adds US$34.05 mill….

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Botswana, Capital Markets in Africa — The Botswana Stock Exchange Equity Markets indices Domestic Composite Index (DCI), Domestic Financial Sector Index (DFSI) and Local Asset Sector Index (LASI) all recorded gains as the session saw the Foreign Composite Index (FCI) move downward. Market capitalisation increased and price gains were made in 2 traded securities in the days trading. The Botswana Domestic Composite Index (DCI) gained by 8.00 points to close 10,801.56 points a 0.07 percent rise from its previous…

Ghana Equity Markets | 23 Sep 2015: Indices Marginally down, Investors lose US$ 0.2 Mill …

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Accra, Ghana Capital Markets in Africa — Ghana Stock Exchange equity markets continued to stay in the red district at the of Wednesday’s trading session. The equities market capitalization lost GHS 880,000 (about US$ 229,765) to close at GHS 62,339.27 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 62,340.15 recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index lost 0.01 percent or 0.16 points to close the day at 2,039.07 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f -9.82 percent. The financial Index sagged…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 23 Sep 2015: Rise ahead of Sallah Holiday…NSE ASI up 0.4%

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The stock market closed the week positive as DANGOTE CEMENT (+0.9%), NESTLE (+2.4%) and FORTE OIL (+3.4%) drove ASI 0.4% higher to close the week at 30,543.17pts, tempering YTD loss to -11.9%. Market capitalization added N43.6bn to close at N10.5tn. Market activity increased as volume traded rose 138.9% to 466.9m units while value traded improved 40.3% to N4.4bn. All sector indicators drifted northwards, save the Banking sector index…

Cote D’Ivoire Stock Markets | 23 Sep 2015: BRVM Equity indices end higher, investors pocket US$134 Mill …

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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 Wednesday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 293.07 to 297.33 points, a gain of 1.45 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 1.07 percent to 296.60 against 293.45 points previously. The equity market capitalization added XOF 78 billion (about US$134 million) to close at XOF 7,319 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization…

Kenya Equity Markets | 23 Sep 2015: Equity gains KES 3.2 Billion, All Share index higher

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Nairobi, Kenya Capital Markets in Africa — On Wednesday, the equity market capitalization closed at KES 2,069 billion after gaining KES 3.20 billion (c.US$30.3 million) or 0.15 percent from the market capitalization of KES 2,066 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi All Share Index added 0.16 percent or 0.23 points to end at 147.52 points but the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index slumped by 4.84 points or 0.11 percent to close at 4,207.27 points. The FTSE…

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