Market Watch | - Part 11

Investing in African equity markets today: Zimbabwe as a case study for sub-Saharan Africa

HARARE (Capital Markets in Africa) – A decade after its first disastrous flirtation with hyperinflation, Zimbabwe is once again on the economic precipice with the effects being conspicuously similar. Supermarket shelves have started to empty, some public and even private sector salaries remain unpaid, banking hall queues are getting longer and hospitals are short of basic supplies. Whilst the humanitarian state of affairs is critical we find the microeconomic structures persistently durable given that businesses continue…

Old Mutual Full-Year Profit Slides as South Africa Economy Slows

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Old Mutual Plc, the U.K.-based insurance company, said full-year profit dropped 7.2 percent after the pound weakened after Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and its South African operations contended with the slowest economic growth since the 2009 recession. Net income declined to 570 million pounds ($693 million) in the 12 months through December from 614 million pounds a year earlier, the London-based company said in a statement on Thursday….

Nigeria stocks at 1-month high, reserves exceed $30 bln after Buhari return from UK medical leave

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigerian equities hit a one-month high shortly after the stock market opened for trade on Friday following President Muhammadu Buhari’s return home from an extended medical leave in Britain. Stocks rose 1.29 percent at 0936 GMT to levels last seen in February, according to Thomson Reuters data. Stocks, which are down 6.3 percent on the year to date, had climbed to a one-week high in its previous session on Thursday….

Nigerian Breweries Buoys Market Performance…NSE ASI marginally up 1bp

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Nigerian equities market closed flat as the All Share Index rose 1bp to settle at 25, 251.63 points, while YTD loss of the index was unchanged at -6.0%. The major drivers of the positive performance today were NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+4.3%), FBNH (+3.2%) and ACCESS(+2.5%) as market capitalisation rose N741.4m to N8.7tn. Activity level strengthened as volume and value traded rose 26.9% and 181.1% to 131.2m units and N2.8bn…

Nigerian Breweries Profit Falls as FX Shortage Adds to Costs

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigerian Breweries Plc, the local unit of Heineken NV, said full-year profit declined 26 percent as a shortage of foreign exchange hampered the import of raw materials and increased the cost of doing business. Net income declined to 28.4 billion naira ($90 million) fin 2016 from 38 billion naira the previous year, the Lagos-based company said in a statement published on the Nigerian Stock Exchange’s website on Monday. Cost of sales…

Nigerian Equities Start the Week Bullish … NSE ASI Up 34bps

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Nigerian bourse opened on a positive note for the first time in three (3) successive weeks. The All Share Index rose 34bps to close at 25,249.49 points whilst market capitalization increased N29.3bn to settle at N8.7tn. As a result, YTD loss trimmed to –6.0%. Market performance was broadly driven by bargain hunting in Consumer Goods bellwether NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+ 4.2%) which took a beating last week. Market activity,…

Kenya’s market regulator grants listing approval for first ETF

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya’s market regulator has allowed the listing of the country’s first-ever Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), which will track the price of gold, the regulator said on Friday. The Nairobi Securities Exchange has been investing in new infrastructure to include trading of new products like ETFs, to diversify from equities and bonds, its chief executive Geoffrey Odundo, told Reuters last November. The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) said in a statement…

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