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Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | May 15th 2015: BRVM shed XOF 11bn..

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa):- BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session this Friday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 272.91 to 272.57 points, a drop of 0.12%. BRVM Composite index lost 0.17% to 262.57 against 263.03 points previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,479 billion, a decrease of XOF 11 billion compared to previous trading session. Looking at the market…

Kenya Market Watch | May 15th 2015: All Share Index slightly lost 0.05 percent

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE 20) rose by 1.00 points to close at 4,980.71 while Nairobi All Share Index went down by 0.09 points (-0.05 percent) to close at 167.73. On the one hand, the highest market gainer was Total Kenya Limited gaining 6.59 percent to close at KES 24.25, followed by Carbacid Investments rose 5.19 percent to end the day at KES 21.25. Likewise, Olympia Capital Holdings and Eveready East Africa appreciated by 5.15 percent (to…

Nigeria Market Watch | May 15th 2015: Nigerian stock market 7bps up today

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian stock market advanced further, up 7bps today to close at 34,439.52 points. All share index sustained uptrend on the last three trading days of the week bringing W-o-W return to 0.1%. In the same vein market capitalization advanced N7.9bn to close at N11.7tn. The positive performance on the Nigerian Bourse was largely driven by appreciation in FORTE OIL (+8.5%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+0.8%). Market activity as measured by…

Nigerian MPC to Retain Status Quo for Later Devaluation?

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- In light of the recent happenings in the monetary and fiscal policy space, the Monetary Policy Committee (“MPC”or “The Committee”) will be sitting on the 18th and 19th May, 2015 for its third meeting in the year to discuss and take critical policy decisions relating to the economy. In the plethora of issues to be considered, the recent pressure on exchange rate, declining external reserves, rising price level and…

Mauritius Market Watch | May 14th 2015: Mauritius indices maintained their upward trends

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius indices maintained their upward trends with the Semdex and SEM-10 increasing by 0.44% and 0.34% to reach 1,964.89 points and 373.68 points respectively. Overall market turnover amounted to MUR 48.9 million, geared towards Mauritius Commercial Bank Group (MCBG) and SBM Holdings which posted a combined contribution of 59% to total market turnover. MCB Group grew by 0.5% to MUR 204.00 on a total volume of 59,300 shares traded. SBM Holdings…

Kenya Market Watch | May 14th 2015: Market cap gains KES 7.6 billion but NSE20 slightly lost 1.5bps

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) 20 declined by 0.77 points to close at 4,979.71 while Nairobi All Share Index went up by 0.55 points to close at 167.82. However, the market capitalization gained KES 7.57 billion (0.32%) to close at KES 2,347.46 billion. The market breadth ended positive, with 23 gainers and 19 losers. On the one hand, the highest market gainer was East Africa Portland Cement gaining 9.26…

Nigeria Market Watch | May 14th 2015: Nigerian equity market sustains uptrend…

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- Bargain hunting positioning in bellwether equities ensured a bullish close in the Nigerian equities market for the second consecutive trading session. The All Share Index rose 61bps to 34,416.29 points while market capitalization gained N71.8bn to close at N11.7bn. Month-to-date (MTD) loss of the benchmark index hence pared to 0.8%. Appreciation in FORTE OIL (+5.0%), ZENITH (+3.3%), GUARANTY (+1.0%) and DANGOTE CEMENT (+0.6%) drove positive market performance today. Market activity…

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