Market Watch | - Part 136

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 27 July 2015: Bull visits the BRVM bourse, market cap XOF 140 billion and BRVM composite index 1.91% up

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa):- BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session this Monday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 305.54 to 315.18 points, a gain of 3.16 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 1.91 percent to 303.83 against 298.14 points previously. The equity market capitalization rose by XOF 140.34 billion to close at XOF 7,497.22 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 27 July 2015 : Equities Market Trades Without Drive…NSE ASI Declines 91bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse benchmark index (ASI) continued southwards, shedding 0.9% to berth at 30,807.54pts. This pulled YTD return lower to –11.1%. Performances of some largely capitalized counters such as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-3.3%), ZENITH (-3.0%) and GUARANTY (-1.7%) were accountable for the decline in the ASI today. Market capitalization contracted N120.9bn and closed N10.6tn. However, market activity strengthened as volume and value traded improved 38.8% and 28.2% to 184.2m…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 27 July 2015: Investors lose US$9.3 million on Tanzania Stock Markets … indices marginally fall

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- Trading at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange began the week on a negative note. The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) declined by 2.21 points or 0.09 percent to close at 2,579.50 points and the Tanzanian domestic Share Index plunged by 9.14 points or 0.20 percent to end at 4,531.63 points. Likewise, Banks, Finance & Investment sector index went down by 26.85 points or 0.88 percent…

Egypt Equity Watch | 27th July 2015: Egyptian equity markets indices all down today under pressure from poor performing Bank and Oil stocks

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index EGX 30, EGX70, EGX100 and the EGX20 capped index were all down today as the markets reacted to pressure from poor performing Bank and Oil stock leaving market capitalisation down at just over EGP 485,430 Million. The benchmark index EGX30 was down 116.96 points to close the day on 7887.87, a decrease of -1.46 percent from its previous close of 8004.83 points (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -11.64 percent and equal to 3,463 points in US$ terms). The EGX20…

Kenya Equity Watch | 27 July 2015: the bear triumphs at Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya … market cap drop by US$21 million

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa) —On Monday, at the Nairobi Securities Exchange trading floor the bear triumphed. The market capitalization fell by KES 2.13 billion (about US$21 million) to end at KES 2,142.84 billion relative to market capitalization of KES 2,144.97 billion recorded at previous trading session. As the time, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index sagged by 39.15 points or 0.86 percent to close at 4,539.47 points and the Nairobi All Share Index tumbled…

South Africa Market Watch | 27 July 2015: The bear continued to torment the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — The bear continued to torment the stocks listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Monday. Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share decreased by 54.53 or 0.11 percent to close at 51,301.55 points. The JSE Top 40 index edged down by 0.20 percent or 89.51 points to end at 45,768.94 points. The financial sector index marginally lost 0.02 percent or 38.99 points at 44,959.28 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index declined by…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 27 July 2015: Mauritius equities carried forward the bull mood … SEMDEX 0.23% up

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — Stock Exchange of Mauritius carried forward the bull mood previous week to begin this week on a positive notes. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) gained 0.23 percent or 4.51 points to close at 1,958.29 points and the SEM10 index closed at 374.39 points after surging by 0.90 points or 0.24 percent. The market capitalization recorded MUR 217.718 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR 217.216 billion) after gaining…

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