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South Africa Equity Markets | 05 Nov 2015: JSE equity trading ends in red, key sectors in negative …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — Negative sentiment ended today’s equity trading at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share index sagged by 0.98 percent or 536.00 points to end at 54,073.01 points. The JSE Top 40 index also declined by 1.07 percent or 527.44 points to end at 48,553.57 points. From the sector perspectives, JSE financial sector index dipped by 1.10 percent to end at 45,408.54 points. Both Industrial and industrial 25 sector…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 05 Nov 2015: Nigerian Equity ends in a close call… NSE ASI marginally Sheds 1bps

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Activities in the Nigerian equities market ended almost flat today after the benchmark index slipped by just 1bps at the end of trade to settle at 29,030.97pts. This was against the declines in market bellwethers — NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-0.7%), UNILEVER (-5.3%) and ZENITH BANK (-1.1%). Market capitalization equally declined N505.2m to settle at N10.0tn. Conversely, market activities measured by volume and value rose 57.1% and 45.4% to 285.2m units…

Lekela Power signs MoU for US$350m wind power station in Egypt, following meeting with President Al-Sisi

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CAIRO, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa —– Actis controlled Lekela Power, a $1.9bn pan-African renewable power generation company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company for a 250 MW wind power station in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez area. Lekela Power is owned 60% by Actis, a leading emerging markets investor and 40% Mainstream Renewable Power, a global wind and solar company. This latest power station is Lekela Power’s third project…

Cote D’Ivoire Stock Markets | 05 Nov 2015: Transportation, financial sector pull BRVM indices to the south …

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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 Thursday higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 298.37 to 299.06 points, a gain of 0.23 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 0.39 percent at 303.64 points against 302.45 points previously. The equity market capitalization gained XOF 29 billion (about US$49 million) to close at XOF 7,493 billion relative to the previous trading…

Kenya Equity Markets | 05 Nov 2015: Bullish returns to NSE, Market Cap US$350 million, Equity Group most traded …

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Nairobi, Kenya Capital Markets in Africa — Bullish returned to the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity trading at the end of Thursday’s trading session. The equity market capitalization closed at KES 1,961 billion after gaining KES 35.7 billion (c.US$350 million) or 1.86 percent from the market capitalization of KES 1,925 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The Nairobi All Share Index gained 1.85 percent or 2.53 points to end at 139.42 points and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20)…

Egypt Market Watch | 05 Nov 2015: Positive mood stays on, all sector indices in green, shareholders value US$449 million up …

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Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa — The Egyptian Exchange equity trading session stayed in the southward region after EGX30 index hit its 3-week high. The market capitalization closed at EGP 452.309 billion after gaining EGP 3.6 billion (US$449 million) relatively to EGP 448.694 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 added 1.23 percent or 91.36 points to end 7,541.72 points. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 grew by 1.66 percent or 20.79 points to settle at…

Morocco Equity Markets | 05 Nov 2015: Equity markets continue uptrend, investors reward with US$ 323 million …

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa — The Bull continued its supremacy on the Moroccan equity trading session after the Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) surged by 0.65 percent to end at 9,172.84 points (with a year-to-date performance to -4.65 percent). The equity market capitalization ended at MAD 462.554 billion (an increase of MAD 3.13 billion or US$323 million relatively to the previous market capitalization of MAD 459.420 billion). The market activity measured…

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