African stock market

Mauritius Equity Watch | 03 August 2015: Mauritius equities start on bearish note, … market cap loses MUR 196 million

Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Stock Exchange of Mauritius began the week and month on a bearish note. The market capitalization went down MUR 196 million to close at MUR 219.349 billion relative to a previous market capitalization of MUR 219.545 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) marginally lost 0.09 percent or 1.77 points to close at 1,972.73 points. SEM10 index closed at 378.38 points after slightly falling by 0.15 points or…

African Equity Market July 2015 Report: BRVM rewards local investors, Botswana strengthens foreigners capital

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index return ended in negative for the month of July, with eight gainers and 10 losers on local currency basis. The July average return of -1.5 percent was recorded across eighteen African equity indices and July monthly returns ranges from -9.8% registered by the Nigeria equity markets (measured by NSE All Share) to 8.2% recorded by Cote d’Ivoire equity market (measured…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 31 July 2015: Stock Exchange of Mauritius ended the week on a very positive note …

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Stock Exchange of Mauritius ended the week on a very positive note at the end of today’s session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.06 percent or 1.12 points to close at 1,974.50 points. SEM10 index closed at 378.53 points after adding 0.16 points or 0.04 percent. The market capitalization recorded MUR 219.545 billion (relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 219.421 billion) after gaining MUR…

Ghana Equity Watch | 30 July 2015: Ghana exchange’s market capitalization give up US$99 million …

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Ghanaian Stock Exchange (GSE) on Thursday ended in red, so the market capitalization fell by GHS 337 million to close at GHS 62,995 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 63,332 million recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index lost 27.88 points or 1.24 percent to close the day at 2,218.63 points, representing a year- to- date performance 0f -1.67 percent. The financial Index also declined by 28.54 points or 1.24 percent to…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 30 July 2015: BRVM Bourse close higher, market cap gains XOF 22 Bio

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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 Thursday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 308.77 to 309.91 points, a gain of 0.37 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 0.29 percent to 300.46 against 299.58 points previously. The equity market capitalization rose by XOF 22.14 billion to close at XOF 7,414.46 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of…

Egypt Equity Watch | 30th July 2015: Egyptian equity markets indices bullish today, market cap increases by EGP 3.2 mill..

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index EGX 30, EGX70, EGX100 and the EGX20 capped index were all up today as the markets rebounded pushed up and market capitalisation added 3.2 EGP 73 mill.. The benchmark index EGX30 was up 85.84 points to close the day on 8191.53, an increase of 1.06 percent from its previous close of 8105.69 points (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -8.23 percent and equal to 3,557 points in US$ terms). The EGX20 capped index was up 116.59 points, rising by 1.44 percent to close at 8232.31 up from 8115.72 recorded…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 30 July 2015: Positive momentum sustains … market cap gains 2.3 billion since bulls run

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — Positive momentum was sustained at the end of today’s session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) had cumulatively gained 20.19 point or 1.03 percent since start of the positive runs (and climbed by 0.11 percent or 2.15 points) to close at 1,973.38 points. SEM10 index closed at 378.37 points after gaining 0.65 points or 0.17 percent. The market capitalization recorded MUR 219.421 billion (relative to previous market capitalization of…

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