African Stock Exchanges

Mauritius Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Mauritius equity market maintains positive momentum, SEMDEX 0.13% up, Market Cap adds MUR 275 million

Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market continued the positive momentum at the end of trading session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) gained 0.13 percent or 2.48 points to close 1,975.82 points and the SEM10 surge by 0.31 percent or 1.18 points to end at 377.11 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.666 billion, by adding MUR 275 million (against MUR 219.391 billion recorded at previous trading day) and…

Botswana Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Botswana domestic composite index adds 100 bps

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index added 0.01 percent or 13,00 point to close at BWP 10,601.66. However, the foreign composite index marginally lost 0.06 basis point to close at 1,570.91 points. However, the equity market capitalization was recorded at BWP 430.421 billion. From the market activity viewpoint, the daily volume and turnover settle at 381,663 and BWP 1.400 million. Barclays Bank Botswana recorded a volume of 30,000 and turnover of BWP 126,000, G4S ended with 27,027…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Mauritius equity market adds MUR 61 million and indices marginally up

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market retracted today to end in positive region, the SEMDEX index climbed by 0.03 percent or 0.58 points to close 1,973.34 points and the Sem-10 advanced by 0.08 percent or 0.31 points to 375.93 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.391 billion, by adding MUR 61 million (against MUR 219.326 billion recorded at previous trading day) and overall total volume trade recorded at 1.339 million and…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Bears Return to the Market… NSE ASI down 35bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse halted three days uptrend, easing 0.4%to close the day at 33,602. 67 points. Losses recorded in UNION BANK (-4.8%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.3%) and DANGOTE CEMENT (-0.6%) were largely responsible for today’s decline. Also, market capitalization moderated by N40.3bn to berth at N11.5tn. Market activity weakened on 2.8% and 25.1% depreciation in volume and value traded after a total of 222.9m units of shares worth N3.6bn…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 15th 2015: Mauritius equity market tumbles today, market cap down by MUR 255 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market began the week on downtrend today, the SEMDEX index tumbled by 0.12 percent or 2.30 points to close 1,972.76 points and the Sem-10 slide by 0.13 percent or 0.48 points to 375.62 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.326 billion, by losing MUR 255 million (against MUR 219.581 billion recorded at previous trading day) and overall total volume trade recorded at 17.053 million and…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 15th 2015: Nigerian Equities market extended bullish run to the third consecutive day gaining 0.3%

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Nigerian Equities market extended bullish run to the third consecutive day gaining 0.3%. Hence, the Benchmark Index settled at 33,720.6 points. This positive performance was broadly driven by price appreciations in GUINNESS (+10.1%), FORTE OIL (+2.9%) and DANGOTE CEMENT (+0.6%). Consequently, market capitalization increased by N33.8bn to berth at 11.5tn. Market activity was however mixed as volume traded declined 5.7% while value traded appreciated 28.1% to settle at…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 12th 2015: Nigerian Equities sustained its previous day’s gain, adding 19bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian equities market sustained its previous day’s gain, adding 19bps to close at 33,621.75points. In like manner, market capitalization added N22.3bn to berth at N11.5tn. Improvement in market performance was broadly driven by bargain hunting in GUINNESS (+5.8%) and ETI (+1.3%). Market activities were however mixed as a total of 243.3m (+57.9%) units of shares worth N3.9bn (-6.3%) were traded. Sector indices were all positive. The Banking…

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