African Stock Exchanges

Nigeria Equity Watch | 7 July 2015 : NSE Maintains Losing Streak to Fifth Day… ASI down 21bps

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The sell pressure on the Nigerian bourse continued as the All Share Index (ASI) dipped 0.2% to close at 32,380.26pts. This drove 1-Week performance and YTD return to -3.2% and -6.6% respectively. Following the trend, investors lost N21.8bn at the close of trade, bringing market capitalization to N11.1tn. Today’s decline was broadly driven by further depreciation in Banking and Consumer Goods bellwethers – UBA (-6.2%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: BRVM Equity market indices close higher … market cap XOF 62.29 Bill up

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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 Tuesday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 277.71 to 281.48 points, a gain of 1.36%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.91% to 280.75 against 278.23 points previously. The equity market capitalization also added XOF 62.29 billion to close at XOF 6,927.77 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 6,865.48…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: Mauritius equity market turns green, SEMDEX 0.44% up, SEM10 37bps up but Market Cap MUR 40 Mill down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets finished bullish at end of today’s training session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.44 percent or 8.63 points to close 1,973.28 points and the SEM10 index climbed by 0.10 percent or 0.37 points to end at 374.09 points. The market capitalization lost MUR 40 million to settle at MUR 218.385 billion (as against MUR 218.425 billion recorded at yesterday’s trading session). The overall…

Egypt Equity Watch | 6th July 2015: Egyptian equity markets Benchmark index drops -4.23 %, Small cap Index and all sectors also down…

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index, EGX70, EGX100 and the EGX20 capped index were all in the red today with the markets registering lowered trading activity today. The benchmark index EGX30 dropped -4.23 percent to end the day at 7870.78 points down 347.93 points from its previous close yesterday (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -11.83 percent). Likewise, EGX70, which measures small and mid-cap index, plunged -3.08 percent to settle at 425.02 points down 13.49 points (-24.83 percent…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 6 July 2015 : Nigerian Nigerian bourse opens the week negative … ASI dips 0.3%

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The Nigerian bourse opened the week negative consequent on the 0.3% loss recorded as the NSE All Share Index settled at 32,447.05pts. Today’s market performance was dragged majorly by price depreciations in bellwether stocks such as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.3%), ZENITH BANK (-1.9%) and GUINNESS (-3.2%). However, market activities as measured by volume and value were positive. Volume and value advanced by 12.3% and 7.6% to close at 155.6mn and…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 6 July 2015: Mauritius equity market opens in mixed feelings, adds MUR 26 million, SEMDEX 0.01% up, SEM10 3bps down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets opened the week on mixed feelings. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) slightly rose by 0.01 percent or 0.23 points to close 1,964.65 points and the SEM10 index narrowly fell 0.03 percent or 0.12 points to end at 373.72 points. The market capitalization added MUR 26 million to settle at MUR 218.425 billion (as against MUR 218.399 billion recorded at yesterday’s trading session). The overall total…

Egypt Equity Watch | 5th July 2015: Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index dives 1.16% as market cap reaches EGP 496 billion

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index dived 1.16 percent however market activity by Nationals pushed market capitalisation to EGP 496.131 billion arresting a weakening market through increased mid cap trading volumes. The benchmark index EGX30 dropped 1.16 percent to end the day at 8218.25 points (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -7.9351 percent). Likewise, EGX70, which measures small and mid-cap index, plunged -0.85 percent to settle at 438.51 points (-22.4466 percent year-to-date return). The broader index EGX100 slumped…

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