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Ghana Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015: GSE equity markets stay on downtrends …

Accra, Ghana Capital Markets in Africa — Ghana equity markets maintained the bearish mood for six successive trading session, so the equities market capitalization shred off GHS 44 million (about US$8 million) to close at GHS 62,680 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 62,724 recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index went down by 8.12 points or 0.39 percent to close the day at 2,101.45 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f -7.06 percent. The financial Index sagged by…

CDC and IFC invest US$24mn in CRDB

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Dar es Salam, Tanzania, Capital Markets in Africa — CDC Group plc (‘CDC’) and the International Finance Corporation (‘IFC’) have invested US$24m to acquire a 5% holding in CRDB Bank plc (‘CRDB’), a provider of financial services in Tanzania. The investment will enable CRDB to continue its growth and further improve access to financial services with the aim of helping to build businesses that create jobs. CRDB recently announced a rights issue which was underwritten…

South Africa’s growth curbed by energy shortages, lower commodity prices and global uncertainty

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — Electricity shortages, low commodity prices, a severe drought and weaker than expected global growth will constrain South Africa’s economy over the next 18 months and are reflected in the government’s Baa2 rating, stable outlook, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report published September 02 2015. Uncertainty surrounding the Chinese economy and the broader global outlook, as well as the timing of any tightening of US monetary policy,…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015 : Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity ends lower, SEM10 index 0.23% drop

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Port Louis, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity market capitalization declined by MUR 1.84 billion (US$ 52 million) to settle at MUR 216.486 million relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 216.597 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) peeled by 0.05 percent or 1.00 points to close at 1,944.00 points and SEM10 index closed at 371.44 points after falling by 0.23 percent or 0.87 points. From the market activity…

African Sovereign Eurobond August 2015 Review: Yield widening due to falling commodity prices

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — A remarkable feature in Fixed Income markets this year has been the widening in African sovereign Eurobond yields. This weakening is in part due to the expected rise in US bond yields and fallen commodity prices (as most African countries are commodities dependent) as well as the anticipated decline in global growth due to China economic downturn. Since January 2015 yields on Zambia’s 2022 and Zambia’s 2024 Eurobond have…

Ghana Equity Markets | 2 Sep 2015: Ghana equities witness massive dips, GSE Composite index 1.99%, investors lose GHS 1,48 milliion

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity continues on the downward path for five successive trading session at the end of today’s trading session. The equities market capitalization shred off GHS 1,048 million (about US$277 million) to close at GHS 62,724 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 63,772 recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index massively fell by 42.79 points or 1.99 percent to close the day at 2,109.57 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f…

Dramatic rise in local currency sovereign debt issuance reduces emerging market countries’ vulnerability to shocks

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NEW YORK, USA, Capital Markets in Africa — The average local currency share of emerging market sovereign debt rose from about half in 2000 to almost three quarters in 2014, reducing for many countries the vulnerability to economic shocks and increasing the effectiveness of monetary and fiscal policies, Moody’s Investors Service said in the report “The Evolution of Emerging Market Sovereign Debt: Dramatic Growth in Local Currency Sovereign Debt Is Reducing Emerging Market Financial Vulnerabilities…

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