African equity market

Nigeria Equity Watch | 13 July 2015 : Nigerian equities continue on red path … NSE all Share index 32 basis points down

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Overall market performance indicators, the NSE All Share Index and market capitalisation, declined by 0.32% each to 31,628.20 points and N10.80 trillion respectively. This was amid a 38% increase in the total value traded N5.4 billion, with commercial banking giant, Zenith Bank accounting for over 50%. Dangote Cement and Nestle Nigeria accounted for about 25% and 8% of the total value traded respectively. Commercial banking concern, Unity Bank…

South Africa Market Watch | 10 July 2015: South African JSE All Share ended 0.68% higher with gains across the board led by financial shares

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) —South African equity markets continued on bullish momentum at the end of today’s trading session. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share further adds 0.68 percent or 348.34 points to settle at 51,800.70 points. The JSE Top 40 index also surged by 0.75 percent or 343.79 points to end at 46,216.22 points and the financial sector index accelerated by 1.18 percent or 523.93 points at 44,847.01points. Both Industrial sector index and Industrial 25 index surged by 0.50…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 10 July 2015: BRVM stock markets close lower … investors loss XOF 32 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 Friday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 287.46 to 285.57 points, a drop of 0.66%. BRVM Composite index lost 0.46% to 283.81 against 285.11 points previously. The equity market capitalization also lost XOF 32.1 billion to close at XOF 7,003.26 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 7,035.34…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 10th July 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index ends with late surge, up 0.23 points, market cap adds US$10 mill but mining back in the red..

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):– The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index ended the week with a late surge today as the industrial index clawed back into the green pushing up market capitalization, however the Mining Index tumbled back into the red after rises in the previous days trading. The Industrial index was up 0.23 points from its previous days level of 144.63, increasing by 0.15 percent to end at 144.86 points, bringing the year-to-date to -11.01 percent and -23.27 for the year-on-year basis. The Mining…

Morocco Equity Watch | 10th July 2015: Morocco equity markets Indices bounce back with gains today, MASI rises 48.44 points and MADEX up 46.52 points…

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity markets indices bounced back with gains today with the MASI index ending the session up and the MADEX also up following on from its losses rendered in the previous days trading. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) gained 48.44 points increasing by 0.50 percent to close at 9646.24 up from its previous close of 9586.97 recorded yesterday (taking the year-to-date performance to 0.27 percent). Equally, the Moroccan most active share index (MADEX) increased 0.59 percent or 46.52 points to close at 7,903.56 points up…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 10 July 2015 : Nigerian Bourse capped off a week of poor performance by extending its bearish run

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse capped off a week of poor performance by extending its bearish run to the last trading day of the week. The All Share Index fell 0.1% to close at 31,729 points. The market was dragged by losses in UNILEVER (-5.0%), FORTE OIL (-2.8%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-0.7%). A total of N8.8bn was lost by investors as market capitalization declined to N10.8tn. However, market activity was…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 10 July 2015: Mauritius stock markets end the week in red, give up MUR 461 Mill down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets ended the week on a bearish note after shedding MUR 461 million this week. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) fell by 0.21 percent or 4.15 points to close at 1,960.27 points and the SEM10 index traded at 372.37 levels, after slumped by 0.09 percent or 0.35 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 217.938 billion, after falling by MUR 461 million (relative to MUR…

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