Market Watch | - Part 101

South Africa Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015: JSE All Share ended 2.40% higher as 6.62% gains in gold miners and 5.46% advance in resources

Johannesburg, South Africa Capital Markets in Africa —Equity markets enjoyed positive trading as all the key major indices moved to the North Pole. Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share grew by 2.40 percent or 1,182.32 points to settle at 50,411.09 points and JSE Top 40 index advance by 1,139.43 points or 2.61 percent to end at 44,838.96 points. From the sector viewpoint, financial sector index added 1.13 percent or 487.79 points at 43,563.70 points. Also both Industrial sector index and industrial…

Cote D’Ivoire Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015: BRVM equity markets close lower, Agriculture sectors biggest loser

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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 294.79 to 291.73 points, a drop of 1.04 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.82 percent to 292.79 against 295.20 points previously. The equity market capitalization plummeted by XOF 59 billion (about US$101 million) to close at XOF 7,225 billion relative to previous trading…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 4 Sep 2015: Cement Stocks Drag Market Performance… NSE ASI down 1.6%

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian bourse extended the previous day’s loss to today as the All share Index (ASI) fell 1.6% to close 29,393.77pts. Market capitalization also shed 164.1bn to close at 10.1tn. The decline in the ASI is attributable to further depreciations recorded in bellwether stocks such as DANGCEM (-5.0%), WAPCO (-4.0%) and NESTLE (-1.2%). Similarly, market activities measured by volume and value declined 37.8% to 273.7m units and 36.1% to N2.9bn respectively. Sector indices were…

Ghana Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015: GSE equity markets stay on downtrends …

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Accra, Ghana Capital Markets in Africa — Ghana equity markets maintained the bearish mood for six successive trading session, so the equities market capitalization shred off GHS 44 million (about US$8 million) to close at GHS 62,680 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 62,724 recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index went down by 8.12 points or 0.39 percent to close the day at 2,101.45 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f -7.06 percent. The financial Index sagged by…

Zimbabwe Equity Market | 3 Sep 2015: Zimbabwe Stock Exchange industrial index lower today …

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-Zimbabwe equity markets returned to negative at the end of Thursday’s trading session. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index declined by 0.09 percent or 0.12 points to end at 135.47 points. The market capitalization ended at US$3.549 billion by gaining US$7 million relative to market capitalization of US$3.556 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$381,764 (a reduction compared to 1,134,382 recorded…

Tanzania Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015 : Bull appears on DSE and compensate investors with US$24 million

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Capital Markets in Africa — At the last the bullish momentum resurfaced on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange equity trading floor. The equity market capitalization gathered about TZS 53 billion (about US$24 million) to end at TZS 21,611 billion relative to market capitalization of TZS 21,558 billion recorded at previous trading session. Still in the bullish mood, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) surged by 5.26 points or…

Morocco Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015: Casablanca Bourse stock indices end higher, investors pocket US$270 million

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa — Equity trading on the Casablanca Bourse sustained positive momentum started yesterday, the Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) surged by 67.41 point or 0.73 percent to close at 9,301.86 points (with a year-to-date performance to -3.31 percent). The equity market capitalization closed at MAD 473.920 billion (a gain of MAD 2.6 billion or US$ 270 million) from MAD 471.285 market capitalization recorded at previous trading session. The market activities measured as…

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