African equity market

Zimbabwe Equity Market | 24 Aug 2015: Zimbabwe equities continue in red…industrial index down by 0.50%, Market Cap drops US$18 Mill..

Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index continued in the red plunging a further 0.50% to end at 135.13 or 0.68 points down from its previous close of 135.82 points. The market capitalization ended at US$3.544 billion dropping a further US$18 million relative to previous trading session market capitalisation of US$3.562 billion. The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$0.268 million exchanged in 10 traded securities via 33 trade transactions….

Morocco Equity Martket | 24 Aug 2015: Casablanca bourse in bearish mood… investors lose MAD 4.5 billion

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Casablanca bourse’s equity trading opened the week on negative trends. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) crashed by 86.60 point or 0.91 percent to close at 9,430.08 points (with a year-to-date performance to -1.98 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 480.673 billion (a lose of MAD 4.5 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MAD 485.159) and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 24 Aug 2015 : Nigerian Blue Chip Stocks Drag Benchmark Index …NSE ASI down 2.2%

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Bearish bets on DANGOTE CEMENT (-4.0%), ZENITH (-6.5%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.7%) extended the losing course of the Nigerian stock market today. As a result, the benchmark index declined 2.2% to 29,214.13pts bringing YTD loss to 15.7%, the greatest loss in 6 months. Investors lost N227.7bn to peg market capitalization at N10.0tn at the close of market. Likewise, market activity declined as value and volume traded shed 43.9%…

Kenya Equity Markets | 24 Aug 2015: Nairobi Securities Exchange invaded by the Bear leaving US$395 million sucked out…

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa) — Nairobi Securities Exchange continued to be invaded by the Bear, as a result trading session ended negative. The market capitalization sagged by 2.03 percent or KES 42.61 billion (almost US$395.00 million) to end at KES 2,056 billion relative to market capitalization of KES 2,099 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index slid by 1.54 percent or 67.83 points to close at 4,337.47 points and…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Market | 24 Aug 2015: BRVM ends lower today, composite index 0.47% lower … financial sector 1.57% down

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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 Monday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 300.30 to 297.01 points, a drop of 1.10 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.47 percent to 294.94 against 296.33 points previously. The equity market capitalization lost XOF 34 billion (about US$52 million) to close at XOF 7,278 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 24 Aug 2015 : Stock Exchange of Mauritius opens in bearish mood, SEMDEX index 11 bps lower

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — Stock Exchange of Mauritius began the week on a negative note. The equity market capitalization sagged by MUR 246 million (US$3.78 million) to close at MUR 217.954 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 218.200 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) dropped by 0.11 percent or 2.22 points to close at 1,957.17 points and SEM10 index ended at 374.04 points after marginally fell by 0.07 percent…

Egypt Equity Watch | 23 Aug 2015 : Egyptian bourse continues to stay in the south … market cap $2.4 billion down

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian Exchange continues to stay in the south region The market capitalization ended at EGP 428.6 billion after sagging by EGP 18.46 billion (US$2.4 billion); relative to EGP 447.06 billion recorded at previous day trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 slid by 4.52 percent or 388.54 points to end 7,398.43 points, extending its southward movement for the fourth trading session in a row. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 sagged by 5.89 percent or 75.42 points…

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