African Equity Markets

Kenya Equity Markets | 05 Nov 2015: Bullish returns to NSE, Market Cap US$350 million, Equity Group most traded …

Nairobi, Kenya Capital Markets in Africa — Bullish returned to the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity trading at the end of Thursday’s trading session. The equity market capitalization closed at KES 1,961 billion after gaining KES 35.7 billion (c.US$350 million) or 1.86 percent from the market capitalization of KES 1,925 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The Nairobi All Share Index gained 1.85 percent or 2.53 points to end at 139.42 points and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20)…

Morocco Equity Markets | 05 Nov 2015: Equity markets continue uptrend, investors reward with US$ 323 million …

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa — The Bull continued its supremacy on the Moroccan equity trading session after the Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) surged by 0.65 percent to end at 9,172.84 points (with a year-to-date performance to -4.65 percent). The equity market capitalization ended at MAD 462.554 billion (an increase of MAD 3.13 billion or US$323 million relatively to the previous market capitalization of MAD 459.420 billion). The market activity measured…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 05 Nov 2015 : Bear shows up at the SEM Equity markets,

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The bear appeared at the end of Thursday’s trading session at the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. The Mauritius official market equity market capitalization ended at MUR 209.877 billion after dropping MUR 278 million (about US$7.7 million) compared to the previous market capitalization of MUR 210.155 billion. In the same bearish mood, the Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) sagged by 0.13 percent or 2.49 points to close at…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 04 Nov 2015: OANDO and STANBIC Top Gainers’ Chart… NSE ASI Dips 7bps

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Loss in the broader index continued today, although moderated relative to previous sessions. Thus, the NSE-ASI closed 7bps lower, settling at 29,032.44ptspts. The fall in the index was against losses recorded in UNILEVER (-5.0%), NESTLE (-0.9%) and MOBIL (-9.8%). Equally, market capitalization contracted N7.0bn to N10.0tn. After investors exchanged 181.6m units of shares worth N2.1bn during trade today, aggregate volume and value rose 8.9% and 82.8% respectively. Sector indices…

Kenya Equity Markets | 04 Nov 2015: Equity Market Capitalization US$45 million down, Kenyan Shillings stronger …

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Nairobi, Kenya Capital Markets in Africa — On Wednesday, the equity market capitalization closed at KES 1,925 billion after losing KES 4.54 billion (c.US$44.5 million) or 0.24 percent from the market capitalization of KES 1,930 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The Nairobi All Share Index sagged by 0.28 percent or 0.38 points to end at 136.89 points but the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index marginally gained 0.24 points or 0.01 percent to close at 3,830.15 points….

South Africa Equity Markets | 04 Nov 2015: Positive momentum persists, Resource shares gain 3.65%, South Africa’s rand slips

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Johannesburg, South Africa Capital Markets in Africa —The bullish momentum persisted at the equity trading session at the end of Wednesday’s trading session. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share (the broadest measure of the equity market performance) gained 0.99percent or 532.94 points to settle at 54,609.01 points and the benchmark JSE Top 40 index ended 1.10 percent or 532.80 points higher to end at 49,081.01 points. The financial sector index jumped by 0.61 percent or 279.60 points…

Cote D’Ivoire Stock Markets | 04 Nov 2015: Financial sector drags BRVM Bourse equity markets to red …

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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 lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 300.21 to 298.37 points, a drop of 0.61 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.40 percent at 302.45 points against 303.65 points previously. The equity market capitalization dropped XOF 29 billion (about US$49 million) to close at XOF 7,463 billion relative to the previous trading…

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