African equity market

Nigeria Equity Watch | 29 July 2015 : Benchmark Index Records Marginal Decline… NSE ASI down 34bps

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Market volumes came in slightly lower than previous day; down (-10.65%) with a turnover of $22.05mn. Block trades shrouded real liquidity with Zenith (about 50m shares), Guaranty (about 34m shares), Nestle (about 1m shares) and NB (about 5m shares) recording substantial volumes. Market breathe continues to signal weak sentiments towards equities; with only 16 stocks appreciating, 29 declining and 52 stocks remaining unchanged, affirming the obvious bearish stance. Guaranty (-1.63%), Access…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 29 July 2015: Mauritius equities stay in green… SEMDEX index add 0.12%

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — On Wednesday, trading on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius continued in green for five consecutive trading days. Therefore, the Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) climbed by 0.12 percent or 2.32 points to close at 1,971.31 points and the SEM10 index closed at 377.72 points after marginally gaining 0.23 points or 0.06 percent. The market capitalization recorded MUR 219.182 billion (relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 217.925 billion) by adding…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 28 July 2015: BRVM Bourse ends in red, drag by Financial services sector loses …

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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 Tuesday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 315.18 to 311.42 points, a drop of 1.19 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.86 percent to 301.22 against 303.83 points previously. The equity market capitalization rose by XOF 64.40 billion to close at XOF 7,432.83 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of…

Morocco Equity Watch | 28th July 2015: Morocco equity markets rebound from losses, MASI hikes up 35.76 points, MADEX climbs 0.39 points and Market cap adds US$50 Mill…

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity markets indices went back into the green today with the MASI index ending the session up and the MADEX also up as the indices rebounded from losses made in the previous days trading. Market capitalisation increased by adding US$50 million to take it to US$60,445 million. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) gained by 35.76 points increasing by 0.37 percent to close at 9,723.19 up from its previous close of 9,687.43 recorded yesterday (taking the year-to-date performance to 1.07 percent). Equally, the Moroccan most…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 28th July 2015: Zimbabwe equities industrial index plunges a further -0.17 points, market cap losses reverse previous gains

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) Industrial Index closed trading in the red zone again today reversing gains made earlier in the week. The ZSE Industrial Index was down by -0.12% another plunge of -0.17 points to end at 145.61 (-10.55% year-to-date and -20.76% year-on-year basis). The Mining Index however continued on its flat line recording no change in basis points (0.00% rise) to close once again on 40.94 points (taking the year-to-date to -42.90% and year-on-year return to -38.46% respectively). The market capitalization made…

Kenya Equity Watch | 28 July 2015: Market activities are heavy at the Nairobi Securities Exchange … Stocks witness gains

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa) — Kenya equity markets witnessed a positive return at end of Tuesday’s trading session. The market capitalization rose by KES 1.13 billion (about US$11.1 million) to end at KES 2,143.97 billion relative to market capitalization of KES 2,142.84 billion recorded at previous trading session. T he Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index gained 18.35 points or 0.41 percent to close at 4,485.71 points and the Nairobi All Share Index marginally advanced…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 28 July 2015 : Nigerian Equities Market Hemorrhage Persists …NSE ASI down 63bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse dipped 63bps at the close of market as the All Share Index (ASI) berthed at points, hence YTD loss settled at -11.7%. Today’s decline was attributed to persistent bearish sentiment on counters such as ZENITH (-2.8%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.5%) and GUARANTY (-1.5%). Similarly, Market capitalization shed N66.1bn to close at N10.5tn. Market activity on the other hand improved as volume and value rose 191.5% and…

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