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Botswana Equity Watch | 29 June 2015: Botswana equity market starts the week up 14.78 points

Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index gained 0.14 percent to close at BWP 10,625.08 up 14.78 points from its last close of BWP 10,610.30. The foreign composite index, however, saw a downward change of 0.02 percent closing at 1,571.82 points losing -0.35 points on the previous days close. The Local Asset Sector Index (LASI) remained fairly unchanged closing 796.60 down 0.01 percent from its previous close of 796.71. (LASI is made up of the domestic companies and…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 29 June 2015: Market Opens Upbeat …NSE ASI up 120bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Performance in the Nigerian Bourse today proved bullish as the NSE ASI opened 1.2% up to peg at 33,249.19 points. This was fostered by gains in DANGOTE CEMENT (+2.4%) ZENITH (+2.3%) and FORTE OIL (+5.0%). Market capitalization also improved by N135.1bn to berth N11.4tn compared to the previous session. Market activity on the other hand declined as value and volume traded fell 51.0% and 10.0% to N4.4bn and…

Kenya Equity Watch | 29 June 2015: Kenya equity market opens on a bullish note, market cap KES 8 billion up

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- Kenya equity markets opened the week on a bullish note. The market capitalization added KES 7.96 billion (or 0.35 percent relative to market capitalization of KES 2,273.06 billion recorded on the previous trading session) to close at KES 2,281.02 billion. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index edged higher by 27.22 points or 0.57 percent to close at 4,837.58 points and Nairobi All Share Index surged by 0.57 points or 0.35…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 29 June 2015: Tanzania equity market drops TSZ 44.44 billion and indices down

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- Tanzanian stock markets started the week on negative mood. The market capitalization dropped by TZS 44.44 billion to end at TZS 24,506 billion relative to TZS 24,550 recorded on Friday’s trading session. The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSEI) fell by 5.53 points or 0.20 percent to close at 2,799.59 points. Also, the domestic Share Index plunged by 12.05 points or 0.26 percent to close at 4,696.63…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 29 June 2015: Mauritius equity market starts on bearish mood, SEMDEX and SEM10 indices tumble

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets started the week on a negative region. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) tumbled by 0.06 percent or 1.27 points to close 1,980.11 points and the SEM10 fell by 0.07 percent or 0.26 points to end at 378.26 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 220.144 billion and overall total volume trade recorded at 66.799 million with turnover amounted to MUR 103.404 million. The most active…

Morocco Equity Watch | 29 June 2015: Morocco equity markets starts on weak note…MASI Index down by 38bps

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity market started the week on a bearish note. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) decreased by 0.38 percent to close at 9,538.63 points (with a year-to-date performance to -0.85 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 484.404 billion and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 1,070 million. The Moroccan most active share index (MADEX) closed at 7,807.09 points (fell by…

Egypt Market Watch | 28 June 2015: Egyptian equities strengthen, market cap gains US$457 million.

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets began the week trading on positive note, all the indices and market capitalization ended today’s trading session in green.The market capitalization ended at EGP 489.615 billion; adding EGP 3.5 billion (or US$457 million) relative to EGP 486.133 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 added 1.26 percent or 105.81 points to end the day above the 8,500 points barrier at 8,511.98 points (-4.64 percent year-to-date…

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