African equity market

Nigeria Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015: No Respite for Equities Market…NSE ASI dips 260bps

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — It was a sea of red in the equities market today as the bears extended their rule over the Nigerian Equities market leading the market to close in the red for the day. This was reflected in the 2.6% decline in the All Share Index which closed at 29, 909.44 points today. The market was dragged lower by selloffs in heavily weighted stocks in the index namely, DANGCEM…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015 : BRVM closes lower, all sector indices down but agriculture sector index 3.47% up

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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 309.56 to 308.42 points, a drop of 0.37 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.35 percent to 301.90 against 302.97 points previously. The equity market capitalization plunged by XOF 26 billion (about US$66 million) to close at XOF 7,450 billion relative to previous trading sessions’…

Morocco Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015: Casablanca Stock Exchange equity trading ends southward, indices and investors lose MAD 7.4 billion

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) fell by 1.61 percent or 155.44 points to close at 9,497.67 points (with a year-to-date performance to 1.61 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 484.348 billion (a loss of MAD 7.414 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MAD 491.762) and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 33.315 million. Likewise, Moroccan most active share index…

Egypt Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015 : Egyptian Exchange equities extend bear run to second day …

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The downtrend persisted on the Egyptian Exchange for second consecutive sessions. The market capitalization ended at EGP 468.5 billion after shedding EGP 5.7 billion (US$730 million); relative to EGP 473.2 billion recorded at previous day trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 slid by 0.42 percent or 31.71 points to end 7,594.05 points, extending its southward movement for the second trading session in a row, which it hit one-month low. However, the equal-weighted…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 17 Aug 2015: Zimbabwe equities continue in red zone … went down by US$15 million

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index continued in the negative zone today and plunged by 0.40 percent or 0.56 points to end at 140.81 points. The market capitalization ended at US$3.695 billion by dropping US$15 relative to previous trading session market capitalization of US$3.710. The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$724,703 exchanged in 13 traded securities via 34 trade transactions. Foreign investor buys US$429,961 and foreign sells…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 17 Aug 2015 : Bull returns to the Stock Exchange of ended on mixed mood … indices up and market cap MUR 612 million up

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) opened the week by gaining 0.28 percent or 5.43 points to close at 1,970.45 points and the SEM10 index closed at 377.24 points by adding 0.89 points or 0.24 percent. The market capitalization surged by MUR 612 million (US$9.3 million) to close at MUR 219.103 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 218.491 billion. Today’s overall total volume trade ended at 38.718…

Egypt Equity Watch | 16 Aug 2015 : Blood on the Egyptian Exchange trading floor, equity investors lose US$1.4 billion

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Bear continued to torment the Egyptian Exchange traders at the end of today’s trading session. The market capitalization ended at EGP 474.2 billion after losing EGP 10.6 billion (US$1.36 billion); relative to EGP 484.9 billion recorded at previous day trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 sagged by 3.22 percent or 254.06 points to end 7,625.76 points hit its lowest level since 13 July 2015. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 also slide 3.34…

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