African stock market

Mauritius Equity Markets | 02 Oct 2015 : Equity Trading Ends in Mixed Sentiment, Indices Higher, Market Cap Higher

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity markets trading closed the week in the mixed sentiment. The equity market capitalization ended at MUR 213.290 billion by going down MUR 51 million (about US$1.5 million) compared to previous market capitalization of MUR 213.239 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) moved up by 0.02 percent or 0.46 points to close at 1,915.20 and SEM10 index added 0.08 percent or…

Egypt Equity Markets | 01 Oct 2015 : Egyptian Equities continue slow down, EGX30 falls 22 bps, market cap loses EGP 7.59 mill….

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Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa — Egyptian Exchange equity trading’s remained sluggish again today as trading on several indices including the benchmark index fell slightly dampened mostly by investor sentiment. The equity market capitalization ended at EGP 447,228 billion recorded at the end of the days trading session down by EGP 7,599 million. The benchmark index EGX30 lost by 22.17 points or 0.30 percent to end 7310.71 points from the 7332.88 points recorded previously. Likewise, the equal-weighted index EGX50 lost by 4.85…

Zimbabwe Equity Markets | 1 Oct 2015: ZSE Industrial Index continues to trade lower, Market cap loses US$12 Mill….

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Harare, Zimbabwe, Capital Markets in Africa — The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index continued trading lower today decreasing by 0.0014 points to close at 131.79 down 0.10 percent from its close recorded in the previous weeks trading session. The ZSE Industrial index was down to 19.04 percent on a year-to-date basis. The market capitalisation ended at US$3.440 billion losing almost US$12 million compared to the US$3.452 billion recorded in the previous session. The market activity today…

Kenya Equity Markets | 01 Oct 2015: NSE Equity Market Capitalization US$170 Million down ..

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Nairobi, Kenya Capital Markets in Africa — The Nairobi Securities Exchange backed to negative zone after a day in the positive region yesterday. The equity markets capitalization closed at KES 2,046 billion after losing KES 17.82 billion (c.US$170.2 million) or 0.84 percent from the market capitalization of KES 2,063 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi All Share Index sagged by 0.86 percent or 1.27 points to end at 145.65 points and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20)…

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

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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…

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