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Nigerian Equity Markets | 08 Oct 2015: Nigerian Equity Losses Moderate on the Bourse… NSE ASI Sheds 6bps

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The equities market continued on its losing streak today, although marginal, as the Nigerian All Share Index shed 6bps at the close of today’s trade to 30,123.20pts. Equally, after shedding N6.1bn, market capitalization settled at N10.4tn. This decline in the benchmark index was consequent on the losses recorded in banking counters – ACCESS (-3.8%) and ZENITH (-1.5%). Market activities measured by the volume and value of transactions also…

Tanzania Equity Markets | 08 Oct 2015 : Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange Equity market capitalization loses US$53 Mill …

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DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania, Capital Markets in Africa — Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange equity ended in red district for both All Share index and market capitalization. The equity market capitalization dropped TZS 114 billion (about US$52.7 million) to end at TZS 21,446 billion relative to market capitalization of TZS 21,560 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) slacked by 12.69 points or 0.52 percent to end…

Kenya Equity Markets | 08 Oct 2015: Losses Continue to the Seventh Day… NSE ASI down 0.21%…

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Nairobi, Kenya Capital Markets in Africa — The Nairobi Securities Exchange equity markets have been in the red zone for seven consecutive trading days at the end of today’s trading session. The equity markets capitalization ended at KES 2,003 billion after losing KES 4.25 billion (c.US$41 million) or 0.21 percent from the market capitalization of KES 2,007 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi All Share Index slacked by 021 percent or 0.30 points to end at 142.40…

Cote D’Ivoire Stock Markets | 08 Oct 2015: BRVM Composite Index 0.45% down, BRVM 10 Index drops 0.53%, investors lose US$58 Mill …

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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 lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 304 to 302.38 points, a drop of 0.53 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.45 percent at 301.28 points against 302.63 points previously. The equity market capitalization sagged by XOF 33.53 billion (about US$58 million) to close at XOF 7,434 billion relative to previous trading…

Morocco Equity Markets | 08 Oct 2015: Investors lose US$110 Million, All Shares Index 0.31% Lower, Most Active Shares Index 0.33% down …

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa —The bear continued to show supremacy at the Casablanca Bourse equity trading floor. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) dropped 0.31 percent to end at 8,965.86 points (with a year-to-date performance to -6.80 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 451.773 billion (a decrease of MAD 1.07 billion or US$110 million relative to previous market capitalization of MAD 452.840 billion). The market activity measured as total traded…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 08 Oct 2015 : Mauritius Investors lose MUR 932 Mill today, SEMDEX index 0.44% down …

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The negative sentiment entered its fourth day at the Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity markets trading session. The equity market capitalization ended at MUR 211.691 billion after dropping MUR 932 million (about US$26.2 million) compared to previous market capitalization of MUR 212.623 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) fell by 0.44 percent or 8.37 points to close at 1,900.93 and SEM10 index sagged by 0.49 percent…

African Sovereign Eurobond September 2015 Review: Yield widening, US$449 Billion Amount Outstanding …

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The continued low oil and commodity price environment had doubled whammy on most African countries (especially commodity dependent countries) by reducing foreign earnings and depreciation of currency. New issuance from the continent dropped to $4.25 billion in the first nine months of 2015, with only Egypt (US$1.5 billion) Cote D’Ivoire (US$ 1 billion), Gabon (US$ 500 million) and Zambia (US$1.25 billion) coming to the market a disappointing figure relative to a of…

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