Market Watch | - Part 153

Mauritius Equity Watch | 3 July 2015: Mauritius equity market down by MUR 1.75 billion in the week

Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets ended the week in red. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) slightly slid by 0.09 percent or 1.75 points to close 1,964.42 points and the SEM10 index narrowly fell 0.01 percent or 0.02 points to end at 373.84 points. The market capitalization fell by MUR 197 million to settle at MUR 218.399 billion (as against MUR 218.596 billion recorded at yesterday’s trading session). The overall total…

South Africa Market Watch | 2 July 2015: South African equity sustains uptrend, All share index gains 0.63%

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — South African equity markets maintained the bullish momentum. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share finished 0.63 percent or 327.43 points higher to close at 52,215.47 points. The JSE Top 40 index surged by 0.68 percent or 314.41 points to end at 46,627.77 points and JSE Financial sector index gained 0.49 percent at 43,856.95 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index grew by 0.58 percent (to…

Botswana Equity Watch | 2nd July 2015: Botswana equity market sees slow recovery as DCI gains 0.07, LASI down 0.01 percent

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index gained 0.07 percent to close at BWP 10,697.69 up 7.60 points from its last close of BWP 10,690.08. The foreign composite index however remained flat recording no change to close at 1,571.85 points to settle on the same points as the previous day. The Local Asset Sector Index (LASI) recorded a slight change closing 797.33 down 0.01 percent from its previous close of 797.40 signifying a…

Egypt Equity Watch | 2nd July 2015: Egyptian equity continue downward, market cap down EGP 1.2 billion

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets continued its downward trend losing EGP 1.19 billion in market capitalization, confirming a weakening market which ended at EGP 483.980 billion; relative to EGP 485.175 billion recorded at yesterday’s trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 dropped 0.68 percent to end the day at 8314.72 points or 56.81 points from the previous days value of 8,371.53 points (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -6.8544 percent). Likewise, EGX70, which measures small and mid-cap index, plunged by -0.55 percent or 2.43 points to settle at 442.26…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 2nd July 2015: Zimbabwe equities continue in red zone, market cap gives away US$21 Mill…

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):– The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index and market capitalization continued see red at the end of the day’s session. The industrial index tumbled by -0.67 percent or a further 0.67 points on Wednesday’s session to end at 146.23 points, stretching the year-to-date to -10.17 percent and -21.58 on year-on-year basis. The mining index also tumbled by -2.70 percent or -2.70 percent to settle at 39.64 points (-44.72 percent…

Ghana Equity Watch | 2 July 2015: Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization bearish today, US$ 52 million down

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana stock market was closed yesterday for the independent day and closed on negative note today’s trading session. The benchmark composite index plunged by 9.44 points or about 0.40 percent to end the day at 2,342.79, bringing the year- to- date return to 3.62 percent. Equally, the financial Index dropped by 13.06 points or 0.55 percent to 2,381.62 with a year-to-date return of 6.15 percent. Likewise, the market capitalization nearly dropped by GHS 51.5 million (or…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 2 July 2015 : Nigerian Bourse Records Soft Readings…NSE ASI down 38bps.

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse sustained bearish trend although at a rate lower than the previous session as the NSE ASI eased 0.4% further to settle at 32,739.11 points. Market capitalization shed N42.4bn and closed at N11.2tn. Today’s decline was driven majorly by losses in UNILEVER (-1.1%) and 7UP (-1.6%). Similarly, Market value and volume traded declined 62.6% and 42.3% to berth at N1.8bn and 186.7m units respectively. The Oil…

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