Market Watch | - Part 161

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | June 22nd 2015: BRVM Equity markets begin higher today, market cap XOF 37 billion

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 270.71 to 272.20 points, a gain of 0.55 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 0.55 percent to 274.12 against 272.62 points previously. In the same way, the equity market capitalization edged by XOF 37.02 billion to close at XOF 6,764.09 billion compared with previous trading…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 22nd 2015: Bellwethers Raise Benchmark Index…NSE ASI up 38bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The Nigerian All Share Index inched up 0.4% to 33,384.59 points. Market capitalization also rose N43.2bn to berth at N11.4tr at the close of market. Today’s performance was majorly driven by price appreciation in key counters such as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+1.7%), DANGOTE CEMENT (+0.3%) and UBN (+2.7%). However, market activity softened as volume and value eased 28.8% and 21.0% to close at 278.1m units and N3.8bn respectively. Sell offs…

South Africa Market Watch | June 22nd 2015: South African stocks edge higher on Greece hopes

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) – Financial shares were the big winners on Monday on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) as the local market was lifted by a wave of optimism that Greece and its international creditors would strike a last-minute deal that will see the Greek government avert default. The Financial index has been under pressure lately despite being oversold. This is because any fallout over the Greek crisis will hit this…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 22nd 2015: Mauritius equity market starts on red, SEMDEX 0.07% falls, Market Cap MUR 147 million down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets started the week on bearish mood. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) marginally lost 0.07 percent or 1.32 points to close 1,985.72 points and the SEM10 fell by 0.13 percent or 0.49 points to end at 379.74 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 220.767 billion, by falling by MUR 147 million (against MUR 220.914 billion recorded at previous trading day) and overall total volume trade recorded…

Morocco Market Watch | June 22nd 2015: Morocco equity market begins the week on a negative mood, indices down and market cap MAD 1.11 billion falls

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity market began the week on a negative note. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) decreased by 0.34 percent to close at 9,548.78 points (with a year-to-date performance to -0.74 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 485.210 billion (gave away nearly MAD 1.11 billion against previous trading session market cap of MAD 486.316 billion) and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at…

Botswana Market Watch | June 22nd 2015: Botswana domestic composite index marginally falls 5bps

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index lost 0.05 percent or 5.00 point to close at BWP 10,602.94. However, the foreign composite index remained unchanged to close at 1,570.91 points. Likewise, the equity market capitalization was recorded at BWP 420.428 billion. From the market activity viewpoint, the daily volume and turnover settle at 751,080 and BWP 2.066 million. Barclays Bank Botswana recorded a volume of 18,516 and turnover of BWP 44,167, CHOPPIES ended with 1,409 traded securities with…

Egypt Market Watch | June 22nd 2015: Egyptian stock exchange ends in mix feelings, indices fall but market cap EGP 1.6 billion gains.

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity indices continued in red, however the market capitalisation added around EGP 1.6 billion to close at EGP 490.115 billion (against EGP 488.511 billion recorded previous trading session). The benchmark index EGX30 sagged by 0.54 percent or 45.78 points to end the day at 8,489.41 points (-4.90 percent year-to-date performance). Likewise, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 fell by 1.34 percent or 6.13 points to settle at 450.25 points (-20.37 percent year-to-date…

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