African Market Watch: Tuesday, 7th April 2015

African Market Watch: Tuesday, 7th April 2015

BRVM [The Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire]: BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index fell from 269.02pts to 269.20pts, a lost of 0.07%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.23% to 262.04pts against 262.64pts previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,466.06 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF 915.240 million and total volumes recorded at 223,641 shares in…

Read More

Gas discoveries poised to tone up economy within 12 years

Tanzania’s economy is projected to start accelerating at the rate of 15.3 per cent annually within the next 12 years, following massive off shore discovery of natural gas in the country, it was said in Dar es Salaam on Thursday. The Governor of the Bank of Tanzania (BoT), Prof Benno Ndulu, said the country’s current proven reserves stood at 55 trillion cubic feet (tcf), while construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant was scheduled…

Read More

Tourism overtakes gold in foreign exchange earnings in Tanzania

Tourism overtakes gold in foreign exchange earnings in Tanzania

According to the East African News, tourism has now overtaken gold to become the chief foreign exchange earner for Tanzania. USD 2.05bn in earnings was generated in tourism in the 12 months to January 2015. This was an increase of 8.47% from the US$1.89bn earned in the 12 months ending January 2014, overtaking gold as Tanzania’s leading foreign exchange earner. The Bank of Tanzania’s February Monthly Economic Review indicates that gold exports plunged from USD…

Read More

African Market Watch: Thurs, 26th March 2015

African Market Watch: Thurs, 26th March 2015

BRVM [he Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire] BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 270.42pts to 270.97pts, a gain of 0.20%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.28% to 266.05pts against 265.32pts previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,564.81 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF 395.679 million and total volumes recorded at 56,555 shares in…

Read More

African Market Watch: Wed, 25th March 2015

African Market Watch: Wed, 25th March 2015

BRVM [he Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire] BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 268.74 to 270.42pts, a gain of 0.63%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.53% to 265.32 against 263.91pts previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,546.91 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF 806.047 million and total volumes recorded at 1,613,293 shares in…

Read More

African Market Watch: Tuesday, 24th March 2015

African Market Watch: Tuesday, 24th March 2015

BRVM [he Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire] BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 269.39 to 268.74pts, a drop of 0.21%. BRVM Composite index lost 0.21% to 263.91 against 264.46pts previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,512.01 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF 301.086 million and total volumes recorded at 902,438 shares in…

Read More

African Market Watch: Monday, 23rd March 2015

African Market Watch: Monday, 23rd March 2015

BRVM [he Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire] BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, slightly higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 269.37 to 269.39 points, a gain of 0.01%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.02% to 264.46 against 264.41 points previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6 525.66 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF 922.082 million and total volumes recorded…

Read More
1 10 11 12 13 14 16