African equity market

Mauritius Equity Markets | 10 Sep 2015 : Stock Exchange of Mauritius SEMDEX index lower, DEMEX index higher

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — On Thursday, the trading floor of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius was painted in red. The equity market capitalization closed at MUR 215.326 after losing MUR 521 million (US$15 million) relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 215.847 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) sagged by 0.24 percent or 4.67 points to close at 1,933.58 points and SEM10 index closed at 368.35 points after losing 0.32 percent…

Kenya Equity Markets | 9 Sep 2015: Nairobi Securities Exchange equity lower, Kenyan Shilling stronger …

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Nairobi, Kenya Capital Markets in Africa — The Bear returned to the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market and the equity market capitalization ended at KES 2,044 billion by losing KES 1.8 billion (c.US$17.3 million) or 0.09 percent from the market capitalization of KES 2,045 billion recorded at previous trading session. In the same bearish mood, the Nairobi All Share Index sagged by 0.13 points or 0.09 percent to end at 145.51 points but the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index…

Botswana Equity Markets | 9 Sept 2015: Botswana equity markets downward trend continues as DCI falls 1bps and market cap loses US$5.37 mill….

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Gaborone, Botswana, Capital Markets in Africa — The Botswana Stock Exchange Equity Markets continued the downward trend in the DCI, LASI and DFSI while volumes in traded securities increased from the previous days trading. The Botswana Domestic Composite Index (DCI) was down by 1.00 points to close at 10,825.23 points falling by 0.01 percent from its previous close of 10,826.36 points. Likewise, the Local Asset Sector Index (LASI) was flat after the days trading closing…

Cote D’Ivoire Stock Markets | 9 Sep 2015: Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières closes green, transportation sector gains 2.38%

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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 295.41 to 295.58 points, a gain of 0.06 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 0.06 percent to 295.29 against 295.12 points previously. The equity market capitalization gained XOF 5 billion (about US$9.3 million) to close at XOF 7,287 billion relative to previous trading sessions’…

Ghana Equity Markets | 9 Sep 2015: Ghana Stock Exchange equity markets return to red after a day in green

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Accra, Ghana Capital Markets in Africa — The bear returned to the Ghana Stock Exchange equity trading at the end of Tuesday’s trading session. The equities market capitalization went down by GHS 251 million (about US$10 million) to close at GHS 62,643 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 62,894 recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index went down by 8.91 points or 0.44 percent to close the day at 2,094.70 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f -7.36…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 9 Sep 2015: Market Tumbles on JPMorgan’s Notification…NSE ASI Losses 2.9%

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian Bourse halted 3 consecutive days of gains as the Benchmark Index –All Share Index (ASI)- succumbed to heavy sell offs in the market, slumping 2.9% to close for the day at 29,454. 09points. We believe trading activities today were largely driven by panic in the market due to JP Morgan’s announcement to begin the de-listing of Nigerian Government Bonds from its emerging markets bond Index (GBI-EM) by…

South Africa Equity Markets | 9 Sep 2015: JSE All Share index ends higher, gold miners lower and resources index higher …

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Johannesburg, South Africa Capital Markets in Africa —The positive momentum continued on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share edged up by 0.30 percent or 150.06 points to settle at 49,723.55 points and JSE Top 40 index grew by 142.21 points or 0.32 percent to end at 44,249.39 points. From the sector viewpoint, financial sector index added 0.53 percent or 269.01 points at 42,998.39 points. Whereas, Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index sagged by 0.46 percent to…

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