Market Watch | - Part 139

South Africa Market Watch | 22 July 2015: Bear appears across all sectors on the JSE today

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — On Wednesday, the South African JSE All Share closed 1.75 percent or 923.86 points lower with losses across the board led by tumbling resource shares. The JSE Top 40 index fell by 1.87 percent or 885.35 points to end at 46,370.97 points. The financial sector index plunged by 1.35 percent or 620.07 points at 45,245.68 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index plummeted by 1.48 percent…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 22 July 2015 : Nigerian Equities Retreat Gains … NSE ASI lost 22bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian equities market retreated from 2 days of consecutive gains, as the All Share Index (ASI) shed 22bps to close at 31,267.25 points, driving YTD losses to 9.8%. Market Capitalization also declined N22.2bn to N10.6tn. The negative close of the market today is against the backdrop of extended sell-offs in Banking counters — ETI (-5.0%), UNITY BANK (-5.0%), FBN HOLDINGS (-3.6%), GUARANTY (-0.9%) and FCMB (6.3%). Market activity also softened (due to high base effect of yesterday) as volume…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 22 July 2015: The bearish mood continued on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange … market cap US$180 down

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- The bearish mood continued on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, Tanzania. The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSEI) further plunged by 42.58 points or 1.63 percent to close at 2,565.11 points and the Tanzanian domestic Share Index plummeted by 67.83 points or 1.47 percent to close at 4,552.50 points. The industrial & Allied sector index tumbled by 125.56 points or 2.03 percent to settle at 6,065.80 and…

Kenya Equity Watch | 22 July 2015: Equity trading on the Nairobi Stock Exchange continued on the bearish moods at end of today’s trading session

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- Equity trading on the Nairobi Stock Exchange continued on the bearish moods at end of today’s trading session. The market capitalization was recorded at KES 2,180.95 billion after reducing by KES 8.14 million relative to market capitalization of KES 2,189.08 billion recorded at previous trading session. However, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index tumbled by 26.62 points or 0.58 percent to close at 4,578.82 points and the Nairobi All Share Index reduced…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 22 July 2015: BRVM stock investors lost XOF 18 billion … index falls

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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 Wednesday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 296.05 to 294.86 points, a drop of 0.40 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.25 percent to 290.55 against 291.29 points previously. The equity market capitalization also lost XOF 18.2 billion to close at XOF 7,169.48 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 22 July 2015: SEDMEX adds 0.02%, SEM10 up by 0.06% but DEMEX index fall by 0.05%

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.02 percent or 0.29 points to close at 1,953.19 points and the SEM10 index closed at 372.90 points by adding 0.22 points or 0.06 percent. In the same note, the market capitalization settled at MUR 217.151 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR 217.118 billion) by gaining MUR 33 million. The overall total volume trade was registered at 4.750 million…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 21st July 2015: Zimbabwe equities climb into green…. ZSE industrial index up 0.77 points

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) Industrial Index closed trading in the green zone today. The industrial index climbed up by 0.16% or 0.22 points to end at 143.70 up from 143.47 points recorded at yesterday’s close (-11.72% year-to-date and -22.71% year-on-year basis). The mining index was also up 0.77 points (+1.94%) to close at 40.87 points (taking year-to-date to -44.09% and year-on-year return to -30.67% respectively). The market capitalization ended at US$ 3.773 billion up 80 million from US$ 3.765 billion while the market activity was higher today…

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