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Mauritius Equity Markets | 8 Sep 2015 : Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity trading ends in mixed mood, market cap higher but index lower ..

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity trading ended today’s trading on a mixed feelings, the equity market capitalization closed at MUR 216.069 after losing MUR 23 million (US$0.6 million) relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 216.092 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) sagged by 0.01 percent or 0.20 points to close at 1,940.25 points but SEM10 index closed at 370.21 points after adding 0.02 percent or 0.08…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 7 Sep 2015: Nigerian Equities Open the Week Bullish… ASI up 1.8%

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa —The Nigerian Equity Market opened the week on a bullish note as investors’ sentiment on the bourse stayed positive. The benchmark equity index – All Share Index (ASI) — appreciated 1.8% to close at 30,052.29 points, further paring YTD losses to -13.3%. Similarly, Market Capitalization rose N181.6bn to close at N10.3tn. The rally in the market today was broadly driven by bargain hunting in DANGOTE CEMENT (+2.9%) and sustained…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 7 Sep 2015 : Stock Exchange of Mauritius Equity trading struggles to overcome the negative sentiment

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The Equity trading on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius struggled to overcome the negative sentiment started last Thursday. As a result the equity market capitalization closed at MUR 216.092 after losing MUR 394 million (US$11 million) relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 216.486 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) sagged by 0.12 percent or 2.40 points to close at 1,940.45 points and SEM10 index closed at…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 4 Sep 2015: Nigerian Market Sinks ends the week stronger ….

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian Equities market ended the week stronger, closing the last trading session for the week 0.4% higher after the All Share Index closed at 29,511.08 points. Market capitalisation equally improved N40.3bn to settle at N10.1tn for the week. Today’s gain in index is attributable to appreciations in banking counters — ZENITH (+3.9%), UBA (+10.1%) and FBNH (+5.0%). Market activities were however mixed as volume advanced 1.4% to…

Zimbabwe Equity Market | 4 Sep 2015: Zimbabwe Equity trading ends the week in red …

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Harare, Zimbabwe, Capital Markets in Africa — the bear mood persisted at the end of today’s trading session, hence the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index declined by 0.45 percent or 0.62 points to end at 135.47 points. The ZSE Industrial index retreated by 0.68 points or 0.50 percent on a week-on-week basis. The market capitalization ended at US$3.533 billion by losing US$4 million relative to market capitalization of US$3.549 billion recorded at the previous trading…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 4 Sep 2015 : Mauritius equity trading went down by MUR 128 billion …

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Port Louis, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The bearish mood persisted on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity trading at today’s trading session. Therefore, the equity market capitalization declined by MUR 128 billion (US$ 3.6 million) to settle at MUR 216.358 million relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 216.486 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) fell by 0.06 percent or 1.15 points to close at 1,942.85 points and SEM10 index closed at 370.72…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 4 Sep 2015: Cement Stocks Drag Market Performance… NSE ASI down 1.6%

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian bourse extended the previous day’s loss to today as the All share Index (ASI) fell 1.6% to close 29,393.77pts. Market capitalization also shed 164.1bn to close at 10.1tn. The decline in the ASI is attributable to further depreciations recorded in bellwether stocks such as DANGCEM (-5.0%), WAPCO (-4.0%) and NESTLE (-1.2%). Similarly, market activities measured by volume and value declined 37.8% to 273.7m units and 36.1% to N2.9bn respectively. Sector indices were…

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