African Stock Exchanges

Morocco Equity Markets | 01 Oct 2015: Negative Sentiment Persists on Equity trading, Market Loses US$106 Mill …

Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa — Negative sentiment continued to rule the equity trading at the end of today’s (1st October 2015) trading session. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) plunged by 0.19 percent to close at 9,096.82 points (with a year-to-date performance to -5.26 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 457.400 million (a reduction of MAD 1.03 billion or US$106 million relative to previous market capitalization of MAD 458.429). The…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 01 Oct 2015 : Positive Trends on Mauritius Equity Markets, indices higher …

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — On Thursday, the Mauritius equity markets trading ended in the North Pole region after two days in the southern region. The equity market capitalization closed ending at MUR 213.239 billion after gaining MUR 487 million (about US$13.5 million) compared to a previous market capitalization of MUR 212.752 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.23 percent or 4.37 points to close at 1,914.84 and SEM10 index…

African Stock Market Sept & Q3 2015 Report: Nigeria Local Champ, Uganda Foreign Favourite, BRVM Q3 Winner

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Lagos, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — African stock markets performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns ended in negative for the month of September, with eight gainers and ten laggards on the local currency basis. Still on local basis return, the September average return of -0.6 percent was recorded across eighteen African equity indices and September monthly returns ranges from -7.4 percent recorded by the Namibian equity markets (measured by Namibia Overall Index) to +8.1 percent registered…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 30 Sep 2015: Nigerian Equities Stays Bullish Ahead of ‘The List’ …NSE ASI up 1.3%

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian Equities market sustained its upward trend at the close of trading today as massive buying activity in some blue chip stocks few minutes to the close of trading lifted the Benchmark index 1.3% higher to close at 31, 217.7pts. As a result MTD return settled at 5.2% while YTD return eased to –9.9%. The major stocks that drove market performance were DANGOTE CEMENT (+4.7%), ACCESS (+2.6%)…

Morocco Equity Markets | 30 Sep 2015: Moroccan equities continue to shed blood…market cap loses US$9 million …

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa — The bear run persisted ion the Moroccan equity markets at the end today’s trading session. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) sagged by 0.21 percent to close at 9,114.29 points (with a year-to-date performance to -5.26 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 458.429 billion (a decreased of MAD 87.14 million or US$8.98 million relative to previous market capitalization of MAD 467.143). The market activity measured as total…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 30 Sep 2015 : Mauritius Equity Investors Lose US$4 Million, SEM10 Index 6bps up …

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The Mauritius equity markets trading continued to stay in the red zone. The equity market capitalization closed ended at MUR 212.752 billion by losing MUR 126 million (about US$3.5 million) compared to previous market capitalization of MUR 212.878 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) sagged by 0.06 percent or 1.13 points to close at 1,910.46 but SEM10 index added 0.06 percent or 0.21 points to end…

Egypt Equity Markets | 29 Sep 2015 : Egyptian Equities lose ground, all indices down, market cap ends EGP 454 mill….

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Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa — Egyptian Exchange equity trading shed the gains made during the previous days trading with several indices including the benchmark index losing ground as trading entered its second day of the week. The equity market capitalization ended at EGP 454,827 billion (US$58,069 million) recorded at the end of the days trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 lost by 77.53 points or 1.05 percent to end 7331.53 points from the 7427.25 points recorded previously. Likewise,…

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