African stock market

Mauritius Market Watch | June 1st 2015: Mauritius equity market Semdex index gained 0.08%

Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):-Mauritius equity market Semdex gained 0.08% to 1953.59 points and the SEM-10 increased by 0.15% to 370.10 points. The market capitalization ended the trading session at MUR 217.195 billion. From the market activity perspective, today total market turnover amounted to MUR 64.2 million mainly geared towards Sanlam, New Mauritius Hotel and SBM Holidngs Mauritius which accounted for 76.2% of total market turnover. In term of price movers, Sanlam lost 4.2 percent to reach MUR 5.50 on a volume of 93,400 shares. While SBM…

Ghana Market Watch | June 1st 2015: Ghana stock market opens the week on a quite note and in a negative mood

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity market opens the week on a quite note and in a negative mood. The benchmark composite index declined by 5.79 points (about -0.25 percent) to end the day at 2,356.84, reducing the year- to- date return to 4.24 percent. Likewise, the financial Index plummeted by 7.71 points (-0.32 percent) to 2,408.99 with a year-to-date return of 7.37 percent. However, the market capitalization was recorded at GHS 64,545.46 million. From the market activity perspective,…

Mauritius Market Watch | May 29th 2015: Mauritius equity market indices ended the week on a negative note today

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market indices ended the week on a negative note today. The SEMDEX index lost 0.21 percent to end at 1952.00 points and the SEM10 index fell by 0.41 percent to 369.56 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 217.018 billion at end of today’s trading sessions. Looking at the market activity, today total market turnover amounted to MUR 145.2 million mainly geared towards SBM Holdings, MCB Group…

Ghana Market Watch | May 29th 2015: Ghanaian benchmark index marginally adds 4bps

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity benchmark composite index rose by 1.02 points to end the day at 2,362.63, representing a year- to- date return of 4.49 percent. The Financial stock index also trimmed 5.63 points to 2,416.70 with a year-to-date return of 7.71 percent. Trading activity on the stock market was impressive with demand by bargain investors leading to gains in nine equities. Fan Milk Limited Ghana led nine movers climbing GHS 0.21 to GHS 5.54. Also, five equities gained…

Kenya Market Watch | May 29th 2015: Kenyan equity gains KES 10billion but NSE20 index down

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index continued in the bearish mood and plummeted by 19.15 points (-0.40 percent) to 4,786.74 points but Nairobi All Share Index gained 0.67 points (0.41 percent) to close at 162.13. However, the FTSE NSE 25 and FTSE NSE 15 indices fell by 3.32 points (-1.50 percent) and 3.32 points (-1.40 percent) to close the day at 217.85 and 217.43 points respectively. The market capitalization gained…

Egypt bourse to reduce free float required to list on EGX 30

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Cairo (Capital Markets in Africa):- – Egypt’s stock exchange said on Thursday it would reduce the free float required for new companies to list on its benchmark EGX 30, as part of structural changes to the index. Companies previously had to have a 15 percent free float to list on the EGX 30. Under the new rules, which take effect on August 1, firms will be able to join with a minimum 5 percent free float…

Kenya Market Watch | May 28th 2015: Kenyan equities marginally gained today

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index extended it bearish and shed off 29.85 point to 4,805.89 points but Nairobi All Share Index gain 0.15 points to close at 161.46. However, the FTSE NSE 25 and FTSE NSE 15 indices fell by 0.64 points and 0.58 points to close the day at 217.85 and 217.43 points respectively. The market capitalization gained almost KES 2.2 billion (cumulative lost of over KES 82.8…

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