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Egypt Market Watch | June 18th 2015: Egyptian stock exchange maintains the uptrend momentum with EGP 1.6 billion gains.

Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity indices were maintained the bullish momentum to close the week on positive note. The market capitalisation gained around EGP 1.4 billion to close at EGP 490.129 billion (against EGP 488.733 billion recorded yesterday), backed by Egyptians’ strong buying. On a week-on-week basis, market capitalization added EGP 0.7 billion relative to last week Thursday market capitalization. The benchmark index EGX30 slightly surged by 0.24 percent or 20.16 points to end…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | June 18th 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index marginally falls, market cap US$1 million down

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index and market capitalization sustained the bearish runs today. The industrial index fell by 0.02 percent or 0.03 points to end at 152.94 points. Equally, the market capitalization narrowly lost US$ 1 million to end at US$3.979 billion (against US$3.980 market cap recorded at previous trading session). The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$315,503 exchanged in 22 traded securities via 40 trade transactions….

France’s FigeacAero to open production unit in Morocco

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Rabat, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa) – Morocco’s aeronautics industry continues to spread its wings. Following in the footsteps of other global heavyweights in aeronautics such as Bombardier and Airbus, a 25 million euros investment will be injected in the Moroccan aeronautics industry by FigeacAero, a French group specializing in mechanical aerospace. The French company has confirmed plans to open a production unit in Casablanca which is expected to generate 500 jobs and an investment of…

AfDB approves €50.20 million loan for Egypt National Drainage to boost agriculture

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa) — The African Development Bank (AfDB) will support Egypt’s National Drainage programme (NDP) to boost agricultural production and household income generation with a €50.20 million loan approved by AfDB Board on Wednesday, May 17 in Abidjan. The programme aims to optimize the benefits of irrigation by draining excess irrigation water from agricultural land in order to reduce water logging and soil salinity as well as make more land available…

Moody’s assigns A1.za debt rating to Ekurhuleni’s (EMM06) ZAR900 million notes due 2025

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Johanessburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — Moody’s Investors Service has today assigned a long-term debt rating of A1.za (South African national scale rating) to Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality’s ZAR900 million senior unsecured amortising fixed-rate notes due 2025. These notes are issued under Ekurhuleni’s ZAR8 billion Domestic Medium Term Note programme rated A1.za and will be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Proceeds from the notes will be used to finance the city’s infrastructure requirements….

Mauritius Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Mauritius equity market maintains positive momentum, SEMDEX 0.13% up, Market Cap adds MUR 275 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market continued the positive momentum at the end of trading session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) gained 0.13 percent or 2.48 points to close 1,975.82 points and the SEM10 surge by 0.31 percent or 1.18 points to end at 377.11 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.666 billion, by adding MUR 275 million (against MUR 219.391 billion recorded at previous trading day) and…

Morocco Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Morocco equity market ended in red for third consecutive trading days, MAD 2.11 billion

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity market ended in red for third consecutive trading days. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (MASI Index) plunged by 0.44 percent or 41.91 to close at 9,501.72 points (with a year-to-date performance to -1.23 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 482.331 billion (gave up almost MAD 2.11 billion against previous trading session market cap of MAD 484.437 billion) and market activities measured as total traded value was…

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