African equity market

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 22 July 2015: BRVM stock investors lost XOF 18 billion … index falls

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa):- BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session this Wednesday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 296.05 to 294.86 points, a drop of 0.40 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.25 percent to 290.55 against 291.29 points previously. The equity market capitalization also lost XOF 18.2 billion to close at XOF 7,169.48 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 22 July 2015: SEDMEX adds 0.02%, SEM10 up by 0.06% but DEMEX index fall by 0.05%

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.02 percent or 0.29 points to close at 1,953.19 points and the SEM10 index closed at 372.90 points by adding 0.22 points or 0.06 percent. In the same note, the market capitalization settled at MUR 217.151 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR 217.118 billion) by gaining MUR 33 million. The overall total volume trade was registered at 4.750 million…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 21st July 2015: Zimbabwe equities climb into green…. ZSE industrial index up 0.77 points

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) Industrial Index closed trading in the green zone today. The industrial index climbed up by 0.16% or 0.22 points to end at 143.70 up from 143.47 points recorded at yesterday’s close (-11.72% year-to-date and -22.71% year-on-year basis). The mining index was also up 0.77 points (+1.94%) to close at 40.87 points (taking year-to-date to -44.09% and year-on-year return to -30.67% respectively). The market capitalization ended at US$ 3.773 billion up 80 million from US$ 3.765 billion while the market activity was higher today…

Kenya Equity Watch | 21 July 2015: Nairobi All Share Index slightly sagged by 0.01 percent … market cap KES 39 Mil down

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nairobi Stock Exchange ended in the south at end of today’s trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index tumbled by 22.65 points or 0.59 percent to close at 4,605.25 points and the Nairobi All Share Index slightly sagged by 0.01 points or 0.01 percent to settle at 156.31 points. On the same note, the FTSE NSE 15 index and FTSE NSE 25 index tumbled by 0.49 percent…

South Africa Market Watch | 21 July 2015: South Africa All share index dips 16bps despite gold miners sector gains

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — The JSE All Share ended 0.16 percent lower on Tuesday as gains in gold miners was not enough to offset losses in other sectors. The JSE Top 40 index also 0.28 percent lower or 132.35 points to end at 47,256.32 points. The financial sector index went down by 0.28 percent or 130.90 points at 45,865.95 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index plunging by 0.13 percent…

Egypt Equity Watch | 21st July 2015: Egyptian equity markets indices start week on a high, EGX30 up 26.78 bps, market cap adds EGP 171 mill…

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index, EGX70, EGX100 and the EGX20 capped index started the week on a high today with most of the Indices recording rises and market capitalisation topping EGP 486,708 Million. The benchmark index EGX30 closed on 8049.69 up 26.78 points to end the day with an increase of 0.33 percent from its previous close of 8022.91 points (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -9.82 percent and equal to 3,534 points in US$ terms). The EGX20 capped index was up 1.44 points, gaining by 0.02 percent to close at 8088.23 up from 8086.79 recorded…

Ghana Equity Watch | 21 July 2015: Investors lost GHS 58 million and composite index slumped by 15.78 points or 0.69 percent

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana benchmark composite index slumped by 15.78 points or 0.69 percent to end the day at 2,274.62, its year- to- date performance reduces to 0.60 percent. At the same time, the financial Index tumbled by 21.84 points or 0.94 percent to trade at 2,310.03 with a year-to-date return of 2.96 percent. The market capitalization also dropped by GHS 58 million to close at GHS 63,995 million relative to GHS 64,708.90 recorded at previous trading session. From the…

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