African equity market

Nigeria Equity Watch | 16 July 2015 : Nigerian Equities Market halts recent run of losses … All Share index marginally improves by 30 basis points

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Equities Market halted its recent run of losses today as the Benchmark Index — All Share Index- marginally improved at the close of trading. The ASI appreciated 0.3% to close at 31, 047.99 points. This improvement in performance was broadly due to gains recorded in banking counters as ETI (+8.2%), ACCESS (+4.8%) and GUARANTY (+1.7%) led the charge. Similarly, market capitalization improved N51.0bn berthing at N10.6tn…

Kenya Equity Watch | 16 July 2015: Kenya stocks move southward …. market cap down by KES 26 billion

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- Equity trading on the Nairobi Stock Exchange ended southward at the end of trading session today. The market capitalization was recorded at KES 2,192.82 billion after plummeting by KES 25.57 billion relative to market capitalization of KES 2,218.39 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index plunged by 14.00 points or 0.30 percent to close at 4,676.16 points and Nairobi All Share Index added 1.86 points or 1.17…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 16 July 2015: Investors lost MUR 21 million on Mauritius shares … both indices 0.01% marginally down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius stocks ended in red at end of today’s trading session. As a result, the Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) tumbled by 0.01 percent or 0.18 points to settle at 1,950.84 points and the SEM10 index ended at 371.20 points by giving away 0.03 points or 0.01 percent. The market capitalization went down by MUR 21 million to settle at MUR 216.888 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 15 July 2015: BRVM stock markets close higher … added XOF 57 billion

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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 Wednesday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 287.78 to 291.63 points, a gain of 1.34%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.81% to 287.88 against 285.57 points previously. The equity market capitalization also added XOF 57 billion to close at XOF 7,103.48 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 7,046.49…

Kenya Equity Watch | 15 July 2015: Kenya equity added KES 887 million and All share index 4bps up

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The market capitalization added about KES 887 million (about 0.04 percent) to close at KES 2,218.39 billion relative to market capitalization of KES 2,217.54 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index plunged by 2.01 points or 0.04 percent to close at 4,690.16 points but Nairobi All Share Index added 0.06 points or 0.04 percent to settle at 158.45. The FTSE NSE 15 index and FTSE NSE…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 15 July 2015 : All Share index shed 128bps to drop below the psychologically important level of 31,000 points

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian equities market continued its negative strides into the eleventh session as the All Share Index (ASI) dipped further by 1.3% to settle at 30,970.51pts. In like manner, market capitalisation also fell N137.4bn to close at 10.6tn. Against the gloomy investor sentiments in the equities market, price decline in bellwether consumer goods (NIGERIAN BREWERIES) and industrial goods (DANGOTE CEMENT) counters led to the further decline in the…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 15 July 2015: Mauritius stocks maintained the bullish momentum … added MUR 360 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius stocks maintained the bullish momentum at end of today’s trading session. As a result, the Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) jumped by 0.17 percent or 3.24 points to settle at 1,951.02 points and the SEM10 index moved to 371.24 points by adding 1.00 points or 0.27 percent. The market capitalization increased by MUR 360 million to settle at MUR 216.909 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR…

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