African stock market

South Africa Market Watch | 19 Aug 2015: JSE dips back into red, with losses across the main sector indices

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) dipped back into the red, with losses across the main sector indices except JSE Gold index. JSE All Share fell by -836.13 or -1.64 percent to close at 50140.90 points and the JSE Top 40 index was down by -780.88 points or -1.72 percent to end at 44,686.47 points. From the sector perspectives, financial sector index lost -1.58 percent or -709.14 points at 44,308.52 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index went down by…

Kenya Equity Markets | 19 Aug 2015: Downward trend persisted on the Nairobi Securities Exchange … investors lose US$84 million

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa) — Downward trend persisted on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and market capitalization tumbled by 0.41 percent or KES 8.64 billion (almost US$83.8 million) to end at KES 2,118 billion relative to market capitalization of KES 2,126 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index sagged by 0.39 percent or 17.45 points to close at 4,464.74 points and the Nairobi All Share Index fell by 0.41 points…

Morocco Equity Watch | 19 Aug 2015: Casablanca bourse sustains the bull runs … market cap MAD 750 million up

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) continued the northward trend by adding 0.20 points to close at 9,517.02 points (with a year-to-date performance to -1.07 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 485.159 billion (an increase of MAD 750 million relative to previous market capitalization of MAD 484.409) and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 17.998 million. Likewise, Moroccan most active share…

Egypt Equity Watch | 19 Aug 2015 : Egyptian bourse extends further south … equity market cap US$1.1 billion and EGX30 hits 18 months low

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Equity trading on the Egyptian Exchange continued on the downward trends for four consecutive sessions. The market capitalization ended at EGP 447.6 billion after shedding EGP 8.5 billion (US$1.1 billion); relative to EGP 456.1 billion recorded at previous day trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 further lower by 2.13 percent or 157.66 points to end 7,240.77 points, extending its southward movement for the fourth trading session in a row to hit lowest…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 19 Aug 2015 : The Bear surrenders to the Bull , SEMDEX index 0.16% up

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — At last the Bear surrendered to the Bull at the end of today’s equity trading session. The equity market capitalization grew by MUR 320 million (US$5 million) to close at MUR 219.336 billion relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 219.656 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) increase by 0.16 percent or 3.16 points to close at 1,969.99 points. SEM10 index ended at 376.92 points after advancing…

Ghana Equity Watch | 18 Aug 2015: Ghanaian Stock Exchange equities end in negative, market cap drops to GHS 63.06 billion

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- On Tuesday the Ghanaian Stock Exchange (GSE) equities ended in bearish mood, as a result the market capitalization fell by GHS 6 million to close at GHS 63,064 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 63,070 million recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index lost by 1.19 points or 0.06 percent to close the day at 2,155.49 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f -4.67 percent. The financial Index also declined by 4.22 points or 0.19…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 18 Aug 2015: Zimbabwe equities continue downward trend…market cap loses by US$33 million

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index continued it’s downward trend today plunging by 0.90 percent or 1.28 points to end at 139.53 points. The market capitalization ended at US$3.662 billion by dropping US$33 million relative to previous trading session market capitalisation of US$3.695. The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$1,176,685 exchanged in 10 traded securities via 30 trade transactions. Foreign investor buys totalled US$1,058,133 and foreign sells US$1,141,159…

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