Market Watch | - Part 169

Egypt Market Watch | June 11th 2015: Egyptian equity markets further nose-dive by EGP 1.5 billion on thin liquidity

Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices further nose-dive and end the week on a negative note, with the market capitalisation giving away nearly EGP 1.5 billion to close at EGP 489.388 billion (against EGP 490.888 billion recorded yesterday), as it was pressured by selling tendency of retail traders as well as local and Arab institutions. The benchmark index EGX30 drifted by 0.15 percent or 12.97 points to end the day at 8,626.46…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | June 11th 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index continues in red, marginally falls of 0.01%

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index continued in red, by marginally losing 0.01 points (0.01 percent) to settle at 152.04 points. However, the market capitalization nearly reminded flat to close at US$ 3.965 billion. The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$538,079 exchanged in 22 traded securities in 40 trade transactions. Foreign investor buys US$331,176 and foreign sells US$215,000 today. Out of the 12 traded securities, ECONE WIRELESS Zimbabwe…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 11th 2015: Nigerian Equities Rebound from 3-Day Losing Streak… NSE ASI gains 28bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- Nigerian equities rebounded from a three-day losing streak as the All Share Index (ASI) closed 28bps up at 33,556.35 points while Market Capitalization added N32.1bn to berth at N11.5tr. Sustained positive investors sentiment for Consumer Goods stocks — NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+1.5%), NESTLE (+0.2%) and PZ (+8.7%) as well as bargain hunting in Banking large caps — ZENITH (+3.5%) and GUARANTY (+0.4%) majorly accounted for the positive close of the benchmark…

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | June 11th 2015: BRVM equities close green, market cap up by XOF 34 billion.

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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 Thursday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 274.48 to 274.84 points, a gain of 0.13%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.50% to 275.02 against 273.65 points previously. At the same time, the equity market capitalization added XOF 33.71 billion to close at XOF 6,786.18 billion compared with previous trading sessions’ market capitalization…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 11th 2015: Mauritius equity market continues its uptrend runs, market cap adds MUR 169 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market continued its uptrend runs on Thursday, the SEMDEX index surged by 0.08 percent or 1.52 points to reach 1,978.09 points and the Sem-10 climbed by 0.16 percent or 0.61 points to 376.82 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.918 billion, by adding MUR 169 million (against MUR 219.749 billion recorded yesterday) and overall total volume trade recorded at 18.839 million and turnover amounted…

Botswana Market Watch | June 11th 2015: Botswana domestic composite index retracted its upward impetus, market cap loses BWP 103 million

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index retracted its upward impetus, by losing 0.93 percent to reduce its year-to-date return by 11.52 percent. However, the foreign composite index gained 0.03 percent to close at 1,570.76 points and year-to-date return is still in the red at -0.43. However, the equity market capitalization fell by BWP 103 million (relative to precious trading sessions’ market cap of BWP 382.152 million) to end the day at BWP 382.049 billion. From the…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 10th 2015: Investors’ Appetite Stays Soft…NSE ASI slips 0.1%

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian bourse slips 0.1%, trending southwards for the third consecutive session as bearish sentiment colored Banking and Industrial Goods bellwethers. However, market activity improved significantly as volume traded jumped 160.0% even as value traded rose 50.1% to 588.2m and N4.1bn respectively. The Banking index declined the most, down 1.6% majorly due to losses in ZENITH (-3.3%), GUARANTY (-1.6%) and STANBIC (-3.6%). Similarly, the Industrial index shed 0.2% on 0.4%…

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