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Nigerian Equity Markets | 22 Oct 2015: Consumer Goods’ Sell-off Dampen Market Sentiments…NSE ASI down 57bps

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian equities market sustained a second day in the red as profit taking activities persisted across counters. Consequently, the All Share Index further slid 0.6% to berth at 30, 025.62points at the close of trade. The major losers that dragged the market southwards today were ETI (-3.7%), DANGCEM (-1.6%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-0.7) and this led to a N59.6bn loss in market capitalization which settled at N10.3tn. Activity…

Cote D’Ivoire Stock Markets | 22 Oct 2015: Markets Sustain the Uptrend … BRVM Composite index 0.59% gains …

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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 305.73 to 307.98 points, a gain of 0.74 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 0.59 percent at 307.21 points against 305.41 points previously. The equity market capitalization gained XOF 44.4 billion (about US$761million) to close at XOF 7,581 billion relative to the previous trading sessions’…

Ghana Equity Markets | 22 Oct 2015: Ghana All Share index 10bps down, Financial index 0.14% lower, Investors lose US$ 3 Mill …

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Accra, Ghana Capital Markets in Africa — On Thursday, Ghanaian equity markets retreated to positive zone, as a result equities market capitalization lost GHS 10.6 million (about US$ 2.8 million) to close at GHS 62,066 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 62,076 recorded at the previous trading session. The benchmark composite index plunged by 0.10 percent or 1.93 points to close the day at 1,987.88 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f -12.08 percent. The financial Index waned by 0.14 percent…

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Webinar: Practical implications & limitations of investing in Africa View this email in your browser The practical implications and limitations of investing in Africa A Bright Africa webinar, by RisCura 29 October 2015, 10am ET Dear Courtney Please join us for RisCura’s inaugural Bright Africa webcast. This session, created with global institutional investors in mind, will cover: The development and investability of Africa’s listed markets Supply and demand of investment opportunities in African private equity Risk considerations when…

Africa highlighted as a market with high potential for pharma industry …

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Cape Town, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — Imagine the future’: DHL’s Annual Regional Life Sciences & Healthcare conference focused on life sciences & healthcare supply chains and enhancing the life sciences and healthcare sector —Africa highlighted as a market with high potential for life sciences & healthcare companies —As growth in developed markets stagnates, companies in the life sciences and healthcare market are increasingly looking for growth in Africa. This is according to…

Rwanda’s 10-year Capital Market Master Plan in the offing

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Kigali, Rwanda, Capital Markets in Africa — The Capital Market Authority of Rwanda hosts a strategic planning roundtable designed to initiate the process of developing a ten-year capital market development master plan (CMMP). The three-day off-site meeting brought together international and regional experts as well as high-level Rwandan officials from the public and private sectors. Among the delegates were renowned capital market experts from 14 countries across the globe who were in the roundtable they included:…

Morocco Equity Markets | 22 Oct 2015: Morocco Casablanca stock exchange deplete by US$192 million, indices down

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa —The bear continued to tormenting the Casablanca Stock Exchange equity at the end of Thursday’s trading session. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) sagged by 0.46 percent to end at 8,944.08 points (with a year-to-date performance to -7.03 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 451.124 billion (a decrease of MAD 1.8 billion or US$192 million relatively to the previous market capitalization of MAD 452.963 billion). The…

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