African equity market

Nigeria Equity Watch | 9 July 2015 : Market still Bearish… ASI sheds 82bps

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Sell-offs in the Nigerian Equities market moderated today causing the broader index to close at 31,768.23pts after dropping 82bps. Following the trend, market capitalisation also dipped N90.0bn to N10.8tn. The decline in index was due to the losses sustained in Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods blue chips — FORTE OIL (-5.0%) and GUINNESS (5.0%) respectively. Conversely, market activities measured by the volume and value of shares traded…

Botswana Equity Watch | 9th July 2015: Botswana equity markets DCI and LASI continue to rise, market cap increases by a further BWP 90 Mill…

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Shares of Domestic companies listed on the BSE Equity Main Board continued on the up in Thursdays session as the DCI main and local LASI indices recorded further increases although the FCI again continued with no change. The market capitalisation also saw further increases, along with 7 price movements, helping to add to the positive sentiment which started earlier on in the week. The Botswana Domestic Composite Index (DCI) was up 20 points to close at BWP…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 9 July 2015: BRVM equity market cap over XOF 7 trillion … BRVM Composite index gains 128bps

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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 282.38 to 287.46 points, a gain of 1.80%. BRVM Composite index gained 1.28% to 285.11 against 281.51 points previously. The equity market capitalization also added XOF 89 billion to close at XOF 7,035.34 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 6,946.33…

Egypt Equity Watch | 9th July 2015: Egyptian equity markets indices show late rally, EGX30 ends the week up 88%, market cap ends at EGP 474 mill…

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index, EGX70, EGX100 and the EGX20 capped index ended the week with a late rally today with most of the Indices recording rises and market capitalisation settling at EGP 474,007 Million. The benchmark index EGX30 closed up 66.41 points increasing by 88 percent to end the day at 7617.49 points from its previous close of 7550.68 yesterday (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -14.67 percent and equal to 3,345 points in US$ terms). The EGX20 capped index was…

South Africa Market Watch | 9 July 2015: South African financials, industrials lead gains on JSE, All Share index up by 242 basis points

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) —South African equity markets sustained yesterday’s gains today. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share added 2.42 percent (or 1,216.60 points) to land at 51,452.36 points. The JSE Top 40 index also grew by 2.67 percent or 1,193.61 points to settle at 45,872.43 points and the Financial sector index advanced by 2.68 percent or 1,156.90 points at 44,323.08 points. Both Industrial sector index and Industrial 25 index surged by 2.57…

Kenya Equity Watch | 9 July 2015: Kenya stocks continues in south pole, market cap US$92 Mill …NASI 17bps down

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- Kenya equity markets ended in red. The market capitalization closed at KES 2,243.49 billion, by falling KES 9.22 billion or 0.85 percent relative to market capitalization of KES 2,243.49 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index plunged by 8.21 points or 0.17 percent to close at 4,754.66 points and Nairobi All Share Index declined by 0.65 points or 0.41 percent to settle at 159.59. The FTSE NSE…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 9th July 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index sheds blood, down 1.14 points, mining up 2.70 points and market cap sits at US$3.77..

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):– The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index entered the red zone today while the Mining Index come up bullish into the green zone. The Industrial index was down 1.14 points decreasing by 0.78 percent to end at 144.63 points, bringing the year-to-date to -11.15 percent and -23.01 for the year-on-year basis. The Mining index however, was up by 2.70 points, a increase of -6.85 percent to settle at 42.09 recovering from the 39.39 points set yesterday (-41.30 percent and -23.92 percent…

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