African Stock Exchanges

Nigeria Equity Watch | 11 Aug 2015: Stock Market Bears Resurface …NSE ASI down 56bps.

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Following a marginal gain recorded yesterday, Nigerian equities market benchmark index yielded to sell pressure today, as the All Share Index (ASI) dipped 0.6% to berth 31,269.71pts. Today’s bearish outcome was on account of price depreciation in DANGCEM (-0.5%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-4.2%) and CONOIL (-9.7%). Market capitalization contracted N60.6bn to settle at N10.7tn. Market activity however improved as volume rose 91.5% to 281.0m units while value surged 102.7% to…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 11 Aug 2015 : Negative trends continued on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius, market cap US$20 million down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — Negative trends continued on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius and the market capitalization lost MUR 1.24 billion (US$20 million) to close at MUR 218.408 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 219.648 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) plunged by 0.11 percent or 2.16 points to close at 1,964.27 points and the SEM10 index closed at 375.77 points after losing 1.79 points or 0.48 percent. Today’s…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 10 Aug 2015: BRVM Bourse close higher, all sectors in green …

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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 Monday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 306.80 to 310.58 points, a gain of 1.23 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 1.07 percent to 302.49 against 299.30 points previously. The equity market capitalization surged by XOF 79 billion to close at XOF 7,464 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 10 Aug 2015 : Dangote Cement sustains positive momentum…NSE All share index marginally up by 1bp

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian equities market opened for the week on a positive note extending its positive performance from the previous week. The Benchmark index – All Share Index- appreciated 1bp to close at 31, 446.42 points as price appreciation in DANGCEM (+2.2%), GUARANTY (+0.6%) and MOBIL (+3.1%) propelled the bourse. Investors’ value increased by N1.6bn hence market capitalization settled at N10.8tn. However, market activities waned considerably as volume and…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 10 Aug 2015 : Bear visit Mauritius equity markets … pull back by CMPL, CIM Financial stocks

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — Mauritius equities opened the week on a bearish mood and the market capitalization lost MUR 8 million to close at MUR 219.648 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 219.656 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) plunged by 0.46 percent or 9.06 points to close at 1,966.43 points and the SEM10 index closed at 377.57 points after plummeting by 2.14 points or 0.56 percent. Today’s overall…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 07 Aug 2015: Zimbabwe equities indices still under pressure, industrial index loses -0.05 points, market cap sheds US$2 Mill…

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Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) Industrial Index price were still under pressure today as the counters closed trading down while the Mining index continued to remain flat at the end of the days session. Market capitalisation was also down by US$2 million against the previous days trading. The ZSE Industrial Index lost -0.05 points to close at 143.58 points decreasing by 0.04% from its previous close of 143.64 yesterday (-11.76% year-to-date and…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 07 Aug 2015 : Nigerian Equities market halts gains today after four consecutive days of gains …

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Equities market halted gains today following four consecutive days of gains as the Benchmark Index (ASI) eased 17bps to close at 31,441.71 points. The market performance was primarily influenced by price depreciation in banking counters such as STANBIC (-4.1%), GUARANTY (-2.4%) and ZENITH (-1.7%). Thus, investors lost a total of N18.5bn today as market capitalization settled at N10.8tn. Activity level within the market also declined as…

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