Market Watch | - Part 151

Ghana Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: Ghana equity markets bearish today …. composite index 8bps down

Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana stock markets returned to bearish path at end of today’s trading session. The benchmark composite index slides by 1.88 points or 0.08 percent to end the day at 2,346.79, its year- to- date performance reduces to 3.79 percent. At the same time, the financial Index plunged by 9.51 points or 2.91 percent to trade at 2,386.31 with a year-to-date return of 6.36 percent. Likewise, the market capitalization closed at GHS 64,597.38 million, by marginally rose…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: Mauritius equity market turns green, SEMDEX 0.44% up, SEM10 37bps up but Market Cap MUR 40 Mill down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets finished bullish at end of today’s training session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.44 percent or 8.63 points to close 1,973.28 points and the SEM10 index climbed by 0.10 percent or 0.37 points to end at 374.09 points. The market capitalization lost MUR 40 million to settle at MUR 218.385 billion (as against MUR 218.425 billion recorded at yesterday’s trading session). The overall…

Botswana Equity Watch | 6th July 2015: Botswana equity market opens on a flat note, DCI down 0.60 points, market cap remains at BWP 421 Mill…

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Shares of Domestic companies on the main board remained relatively flat today as the main indices recorded minimal or no change. The market capitalisation saw very little change as well although price movements were generally in the positive. The Botswana Domestic Composite Index (DCI) was down 0.60 points to close at BWP 10,692.96 losing -0.01 percent from its last close of BWP 10,697.36 The Foreign Composite Index (FCI) remained flat recording…

Egypt Equity Watch | 6th July 2015: Egyptian equity markets Benchmark index drops -4.23 %, Small cap Index and all sectors also down…

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index, EGX70, EGX100 and the EGX20 capped index were all in the red today with the markets registering lowered trading activity today. The benchmark index EGX30 dropped -4.23 percent to end the day at 7870.78 points down 347.93 points from its previous close yesterday (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -11.83 percent). Likewise, EGX70, which measures small and mid-cap index, plunged -3.08 percent to settle at 425.02 points down 13.49 points (-24.83 percent…

Ghana Equity Watch | 6 July 2015: Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization bullish today, US$ 10 million up

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana stock markets started the week bullish. The benchmark composite index surged by 6.81 points or 0.30 percent to end the day at 2,348.67, its year- to- date performance improves to 3.88 percent. At the same time, the financial Index gained 9.51 points or 0.41 percent to trade at 2,389.22 with a year-to-date return of 6.49 percent. Likewise, the market capitalization nearly added GHS 38.61 million (relative to previous trading sessions’ market cap of GHS 64,558.49)…

South Africa Market Watch | 6 July 2015: South African JSE falls 1.13%, industrial shares led losses

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) —South African equity markets began the week bearish. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share closed 1.13 percent or 585.86 points lower to close at 51,381 points. The JSE Top 40 index also plunged by 1.34 percent or 623.18 points to end at 45,732.42 points and JSE Financial sector index went down by 0.55 percent or 242.50 points at 43,613.78 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 6 July 2015 : Nigerian Nigerian bourse opens the week negative … ASI dips 0.3%

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The Nigerian bourse opened the week negative consequent on the 0.3% loss recorded as the NSE All Share Index settled at 32,447.05pts. Today’s market performance was dragged majorly by price depreciations in bellwether stocks such as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.3%), ZENITH BANK (-1.9%) and GUINNESS (-3.2%). However, market activities as measured by volume and value were positive. Volume and value advanced by 12.3% and 7.6% to close at 155.6mn and…

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