African equity market

South Africa Market Watch | 14 July 2015: Losses across South African equities market … JSE All Share sheds 70 basis point, but gold miners up by 121 basis points

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — All most of the major sectors on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) fell, with the exception of gold miners. The JSE All Share 0.70% lower to end at 52109.52 point, by losing 365.38 points. The JSE Top 40 index also lost 0.72 percent or 336.60 points to settle at 46571.30 points and financial sector index fell by 1.30 percent or 592.38 points at 44984.33 points. Both Industrial sector…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 14 July 2015 : Inflation numbers further dampened investors sentiment today…

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The release of negative inflation numbers (Headline 9.2% y/y) further dampened investors sentiment today(ASI –0.81%), extending the index loss for the tenth consecutive session. Tier I banks were the most hit as investors offloaded shares of Zenith(-3.97%), Guaranty(-1.53%) and FBNH(-1.52%). On the flip side, a combination of foreign buying and thinning offers helped lift prices of ETI(+2.69%) and UBA(+2.38%). Consumers were also down, Flourmill(-4.85%), NB(-0.60%) and UACN(-0.73%) dropped amid…

Ghana Equity Watch | 14 July 2015: Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization bearish, US$ 80 million down

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana benchmark composite index slumped by 14.33 points or 0.61 percent to end the day at 2,320.75, its year- to- date performance reduces to 2.64 percent. At the same time, the financial Index tumbled by 20.11 points or 0.85 percent to trade at 2,356.13 with a year-to-date return of 5.01 percent. The market capitalization also dropped by GHS 429 million to close at GHS 64,280.10 million relative to GHS 64,708.90 recorded at previous trading session. From the…

Kenya Equity Watch | 14 July 2015: Investors lost KES 12 billion, NASI drops by 0.57%

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- Kenya equity markets ended in bearish. The market capitalization closed at KES 2,217.54 billion, by losing KES 12.3 billion or 0.56 percent relative to market capitalization of KES 2,205.20 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index plunged by 31.59 points or 0.67 percent to close at 4,692.17 points and Nairobi All Share Index declined by 0.90 points or 0.57 percent to settle at 158.39. The FTSE NSE…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 14 July 2015: SEDMEX adds 14bps, SEM10 up by 17bps but DEMEX index fall by 18bps

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets ended in green today. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) rose by 0.14 percent or 2.73 points to close at 1,947.78 points and the SEM10 index traded at 370.23 levels, after adding 0.17 percent or 0.65 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 216.549 billion. The overall total volume trade was recorded at 10.702 million with total valued traded at MUR 46.008 million. The most active…

South Africa Market Watch | 13 July 2015: Gains across South African equities market … JSE All Share index up by 1.30%, but gold miners down by 0.60%

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) —On the South African equity markets, most of the major sectors on the JSE gained today in line with global markets, with the exception of gold miners, helping to boost the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share 1.30% higher to end at 52474.82 points. The JSE Top 40 index also grew by 1.50 percent or 691.68 points to settle at 46907.90 points and financial sector index added 1.63 percent…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 13 July 2015: Zimbabwe equities begins in red …. ZSE industrial index down by 18 basis points

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index and market capitalization started the week on red. The industrial index somersaulted by 0.18 percent or 0.26 points to end at 144.60 points, resulting to -11.01 percent year-to-date and -22.44 on year-on-year basis. However, the mining index remained unchanged to settle at 39.72 points (-44.61 percent and 28.00 percent year-to-date and year-on-year return respectively). The market capitalization end at US$ 3.788 billion, by giving…

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