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Nigerian Equity Markets | 7 Sep 2015: Nigerian Equities Open the Week Bullish… ASI up 1.8%

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa —The Nigerian Equity Market opened the week on a bullish note as investors’ sentiment on the bourse stayed positive. The benchmark equity index – All Share Index (ASI) — appreciated 1.8% to close at 30,052.29 points, further paring YTD losses to -13.3%. Similarly, Market Capitalization rose N181.6bn to close at N10.3tn. The rally in the market today was broadly driven by bargain hunting in DANGOTE CEMENT (+2.9%) and sustained…

AfricInvest exits investment in Brookhouse

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Tunis, Tunisia, Capital Markets in Africa — AfricInvest, a pan-African SME-focused private equity firm, is pleased to announce that its AfricInvest Fund II, along with other shareholders, has successfully concluded its exit from Brookhouse Schools Ltd (“Brookhouse”) to UK-based Educas LLC in August 2015. Brookhouse is a private school in East Africa, providing British national curriculum co-educational day and boarding programs to pupils aged 2-19. It is based in Karen, Kenya, a suburb of the capital…

Tanzania Equity Markets | 7 Sep 2015 : Bear reappears on DSE, DES All share index 0.43% lower

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DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania, Capital Markets in Africa — The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange equity markets opened the week on a negative sentiment and the equity market capitalization went about TZS 93 billion (about US$44 million) to end at TZS 21,784 billion relative to market capitalization of TZS 21,877 billion recorded at previous trading session. Still in the bear mood, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) sagged by 10.72 points or 0.43…

Kenya Equity Markets | 7 Sep 2015: Bullish mood persists on Nairobi Securities Exchange

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa — The Bull continued to conquer the equity markets and the equity market capitalization ended at KES 2,039 billion after adding KES 14.97 billion (c.US$142 million) or 0.74 percent from the market capitalization of KES 2,023 billion recorded at previous trading session. In addition, the Nairobi All Share Index surged by 1.o7 points or 0.74 percent to end at 145.11 points and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index rose by 60.32…

Cote D’Ivoire Equity Markets | 7 Sep 2015: BRVM closes higher, investors goes home with US$66 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 Monday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 292.38 to 294.33 points, a gain of 0.67 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 0.53 percent to 294.72 against 293.17 points previously. The equity market capitalization gained XOF 39 billion (about US$66 million) to close at XOF 7,273 billion relative to previous trading sessions’…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 7 Sep 2015 : Stock Exchange of Mauritius Equity trading struggles to overcome the negative sentiment

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The Equity trading on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius struggled to overcome the negative sentiment started last Thursday. As a result the equity market capitalization closed at MUR 216.092 after losing MUR 394 million (US$11 million) relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 216.486 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) sagged by 0.12 percent or 2.40 points to close at 1,940.45 points and SEM10 index closed at…

South Africa Equity Markets | 4 Sep 2015: JSE equity markets end in red, South Africa’s rand tumble

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — Equity trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) ended in red and all major sectors also end in the South Pole. JSE All Share closed 2.60 percent or 1,308.59 points lower to end at 49,102.50 points and the JSE Top 40 index tumbled by 1,291.16 points or 2.88 percent to end at 43,547.16 points. Still on the bear mood, the JSE Financial sector index also declined by 1.94 percent…

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