African equity market

Nigeria Equity Watch | 23 July 2015 : Nigerian equities extend Losses … market cap down N18.2 billion, NSE ASI down 16bps

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The equities market extended yesterday’s decline, as the benchmark index (ASI) slipped 0.2% to close at 31,216.72 points. Thus, YTD return depreciated to 9.9%. Also Market capitalization waned N18.2bn to berth at N10.7tn. Market performance for the day was mainly driven by price depreciations in banking and consumer goods stocks such as ZENITH (-0.5%), STANBIC (-2.1%) and UNILEVER (-2.1%). Market activity was however mixed as volume traded eased…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 23 July 2015: Stocks adds XOF 50 billion in value …benchmark index 0.70% gains

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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 Thursday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 294.86 to 297.90 points, a gain of 1.03%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.70% to 292.58 against 290.55 points previously. The equity market capitalization also added XOF 50 billion to close at XOF 7,219.51 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 7,169.48…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 23 July 2015: Positive momentum continued on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius, market cap adds MUR 38 Mil

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — Positive momentum continued on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius today. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) marginally added 0.02 percent or 0.35 points to close at 1,953.54 points and the SEM10 index closed at 373.07 points by gaining 0.17 points or 0.05 percent. The market capitalization settled at MUR 217.189 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR 217.151 billion) by adding MUR 38 million. The overall total…

Ghana Equity Watch | 22 July 2015: Ghanaian equity markets continued walking toward the south pole, market give up US$82 million in market cap

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Ghanaian equity markets continued walking toward the south pole. The benchmark composite index sagged by 23.48 points or 1.03 percent to close the day at 2,251.14 points, representing a year- to- date performance 0f -0.44 percent. Likewise, the financial Index tumbled by 21.15 points or 0.92 percent to trade at 2,288.88 with a year-to-date return of 2.02 percent. The market capitalization also dropped by GHS 267 million to close at GHS 63,728 million relative to…

South Africa Market Watch | 22 July 2015: Bear appears across all sectors on the JSE today

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — On Wednesday, the South African JSE All Share closed 1.75 percent or 923.86 points lower with losses across the board led by tumbling resource shares. The JSE Top 40 index fell by 1.87 percent or 885.35 points to end at 46,370.97 points. The financial sector index plunged by 1.35 percent or 620.07 points at 45,245.68 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index plummeted by 1.48 percent…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 22 July 2015 : Nigerian Equities Retreat Gains … NSE ASI lost 22bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian equities market retreated from 2 days of consecutive gains, as the All Share Index (ASI) shed 22bps to close at 31,267.25 points, driving YTD losses to 9.8%. Market Capitalization also declined N22.2bn to N10.6tn. The negative close of the market today is against the backdrop of extended sell-offs in Banking counters — ETI (-5.0%), UNITY BANK (-5.0%), FBN HOLDINGS (-3.6%), GUARANTY (-0.9%) and FCMB (6.3%). Market activity also softened (due to high base effect of yesterday) as volume…

Kenya Equity Watch | 22 July 2015: Equity trading on the Nairobi Stock Exchange continued on the bearish moods at end of today’s trading session

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- Equity trading on the Nairobi Stock Exchange continued on the bearish moods at end of today’s trading session. The market capitalization was recorded at KES 2,180.95 billion after reducing by KES 8.14 million relative to market capitalization of KES 2,189.08 billion recorded at previous trading session. However, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index tumbled by 26.62 points or 0.58 percent to close at 4,578.82 points and the Nairobi All Share Index reduced…

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