Ivory Coast | - Part 6

Ivory Coast | BRVM Values Combined Cote d’Ivoire Telecom-Orange at $6 Billion

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Capital Markets in Africa: A combination of Ivory Coast’s landline operator Côte d’Ivoire Telecom and Orange SA’s local unit may be valued at $4 billion to $6 billion on the regional stock exchange, a deal that could increase the capitalization of Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres by as much as 40 percent. Ivory Coast and Paris-based Orange have agreed to merge Côte d’Ivoire Telecom with Orange Côte d’Ivoire, the biggest mobile operator in the West African country by…

African Stock Market January 2016: Tunisia equity triumph, rewards investors amid of global equity markets panic

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Global equity markets opened 2016 on a panic mood amid of negative outlook on China’s growth prospects and commodity slumps. As a result, African equity market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns ended in negative for the month, with four gainers and fourteen losers on the local currency basis. Still on local basis return, the January’s average return of -3.0 percent (relatively to -0.9 percent in…

African Equity Markets in 2015: BRVM Bourse 2015 Champion, Botswana runner-up, Zimbabwe worst market

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Lagos, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns produced a negative returns in 2015, with four positive growths and fourteen negative returns on a local currency basis. The performance was more disheartening on a US-dollar adjusted performance basis, with just one equity market produced a positive return. These unimpressed performances (compared to 2014) across African equities can be attributed to interlocked negative feedback loops between declining commodity…

African Stock Market November 2015 Performance: Kenya’s equity gains 4.5%, EGX 30 Index 15.35% lower, Zambian kwacha returns 17.1%

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Lagos, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns ended in negative for the month of November, with five gainers and thirteen losers on the local currency basis. Still on local basis return, the November’s average return of -3.0 percent (relatively to -0.9 percent in October) was recorded across eighteen African stock indices and November monthly returns range from -15.3 percent recorded by the Egyptian equity market (measured by Egyptian EGX 30…

Côte d’Ivoire’s sovereign ratings upgrade to Ba3 from B1, outlook stable — Moody’s

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Capital Markets in Africa — Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has today upgraded the long-term ratings of Côte d’Ivoire to Ba3 from B1. The short-term issuer rating of NP was affirmed. The outlook on the long-term ratings has changed to stable from positive. Côte d’Ivoire’s local currency country ceilings for bonds and deposits remain at Baa3, and its foreign currency country ceilings for bonds and deposits also remain Baa3/P-3. Rating RationaleThe first driver…

African Stock Market October 2015 Performance: South African equity best performer for local and foreign investors in October, BRVM YTD leader …

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Lagos, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns ended in negative for the month of October, with six gainers and twelve losers on the local currency basis. Still on local basis return, the October’s average return of -0.9 percent was recorded across eighteen African stock indices and October monthly returns range from -6.6 percent recorded by the Kenyan equity markets (measured by NSE All Share Index) to +7.4 percent registered by the South African…

Cote D’Ivoire Equity Markets | 27 Oct 2015: Bullish mood continues, investors smile home with US$18 Million …

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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 Tuesday higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 305.78 to 305.95 points, a gain of 0.06 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 0.13 percent at 306.23 points against 305.82 points previously. The equity market capitalization grew by XOF 10.2 billion (about US$17.51million) to close at XOF 7,557 billion relative to the previous trading…

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