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Zimbabwe Market Watch | June 3rd 2015: Zimbabwe stock equity market bled more blood, lost US$18 million.

Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index end in red in second consecutive trading day, the index lost 0.56 points (0.37 percent) to settle at 152.36 points. Likewise, the market capitalization fell from US$ 3.981 billion to settle at US$3.963 billion (reducing by US$18 million). The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$1.410 million exchanging in 19 securities via 34 trade transactions. Foreign investor buys US$1.036 million and foreign sells…

Egypt Market Watch | June 3rd 2015: Egypt’s stock market maintains upward trend, market cap gains EGP 1.2 billion.

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egypt’s stock market recovered at end of Wednesday’s trading sessions, gaining around EGP 1.2 billion to end market capitalization at 500,239 billion compared with EGP 499,007 billion recorded at previous trading sessions. The benchmark index EGX30 (which measures the top 30 active stocks) continued it upward momentum, by gaining 0.66 percent or 58.01 points to close at 8,905.60 points, bringing the year-to-date yield to -0.235 percent. However, the small and mid-cap…

Egypt Market Watch | June 2nd 2015: Egypt’s stock market recovers and market cap gains EGP 3.5 billion.

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egypt’s stock market recovered at end of Tuesday’s trading sessions, gaining around EGP 3.5 billion to end market capitalization at EGP 499,008 billion, backed by local institutions’ strong buying appetite. The benchmark index EGX30 (which measures the top 30 active stocks) retreated it early slide , closing with a gain of 1.17 percent or 102.55 points to end the day at 8,847.59 points. In the same positive trend, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 surge by…

Nigeria-China Trade Volume Rises to USD 23.5bn

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capita Markets in Africa):- Nigeria’s bilateral trade with the Peoples’ Republic of China has risen to about USD 23.5bn from a mere USD 3.4bn in 2009, according to the Nigeria-China Business Council (NCBC) and reported by ThisDay Live Nigeria. The NCBC told reporters that over the years, it has managed to help nurture bilateral trade relations between Nigeria and China and in the process grow trade between the countries more than five-fold. It…

Tanzania awards $9 bln rail projects to Chinese companies

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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa) – Tanzania has awarded contracts to build new railway lines worth about $9 billion to Chinese firms, its transport minister said, expanding Beijing’s presence in East Africa’s second-biggest economy. Transport Minister Samuel Sitta told parliament on Saturday a Chinese consortium had been awarded a contract to build a 2,561 km (1,536 miles) standard gauge railway connecting Dar es Salaam port to land-locked neighbours at a cost of…

Egypt Market Watch | May 31st 2015: Egypt equities continue to slide losing EGP 5.4bn

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):-Egyptian equity markets slipped today, pressured by a selling tendency among Arab investors. The market capitalization lost EGP 5.4 billion to close at EGP 495.705, compared with EGP 501.110 billion on previous trading sessions. The benchmark index EGX30 declined by 1.45 percent or 129.50 points to end the day at 8,782.55 points (-1.614 percent year-to-date performance). Likewise, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 went down by 1.76 percent (or 8.42 points) to settle at…

A new dawn in Nigeria, will Buhari propel a new pathway ……?

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capita Markets in Africa):- Friday 29 May saw the inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as the new president of Nigeria, following his election victory over Goodluck Jonathan. In his inauguration speech, Buhari set out what will form the core of his administration’s agenda, after first assuring his political opponents that he had no intention of settling old political scores as some had intimated, reiterating that the past would be left in the past. “I…

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