Market Watch | - Part 188

Nigeria Market Watch: Week Ending 15th May, 2015

Weekly Equities Market Review and Outlook After posting marginal losses on all trading days in the previous week, the All Share Index (ASI) showed mixed performances this week. Though the index recorded declines on the first two trading days this week, the equities market closed the week positive (+0.1%) W-o-W as bargain hunting positioning drove the index northwards in the last three trading days of the week. Market capitalization also added N18.6bn W-o-W to settle…

Mauritius Market Watch | May 15th 2015: Mauritius equity extends the gains..

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):-Stock Exchange of Mauritius indices were up during the session mainly on the back of Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) Group which went up after announcing a profit surge of 91.4% for the quarter ended 31 March 2015. The Semdex and the SEM-10 gained 0.56% and 0.58% respectively. Market turnover was mainly geared towards Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) Group and CIEL Group which together accounted for 76.9% of total value traded. MCB Group saw a cross…

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | May 15th 2015: BRVM shed XOF 11bn..

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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 Friday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 272.91 to 272.57 points, a drop of 0.12%. BRVM Composite index lost 0.17% to 262.57 against 263.03 points previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,479 billion, a decrease of XOF 11 billion compared to previous trading session. Looking at the market…

Kenya Market Watch | May 15th 2015: All Share Index slightly lost 0.05 percent

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE 20) rose by 1.00 points to close at 4,980.71 while Nairobi All Share Index went down by 0.09 points (-0.05 percent) to close at 167.73. On the one hand, the highest market gainer was Total Kenya Limited gaining 6.59 percent to close at KES 24.25, followed by Carbacid Investments rose 5.19 percent to end the day at KES 21.25. Likewise, Olympia Capital Holdings and Eveready East Africa appreciated by 5.15 percent (to…

Nigeria Market Watch | May 15th 2015: Nigerian stock market 7bps up today

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nigerian stock market advanced further, up 7bps today to close at 34,439.52 points. All share index sustained uptrend on the last three trading days of the week bringing W-o-W return to 0.1%. In the same vein market capitalization advanced N7.9bn to close at N11.7tn. The positive performance on the Nigerian Bourse was largely driven by appreciation in FORTE OIL (+8.5%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+0.8%). Market activity as measured by…

Mauritius Market Watch | May 14th 2015: Mauritius indices maintained their upward trends

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius indices maintained their upward trends with the Semdex and SEM-10 increasing by 0.44% and 0.34% to reach 1,964.89 points and 373.68 points respectively. Overall market turnover amounted to MUR 48.9 million, geared towards Mauritius Commercial Bank Group (MCBG) and SBM Holdings which posted a combined contribution of 59% to total market turnover. MCB Group grew by 0.5% to MUR 204.00 on a total volume of 59,300 shares traded. SBM Holdings…

Kenya Market Watch | May 14th 2015: Market cap gains KES 7.6 billion but NSE20 slightly lost 1.5bps

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) 20 declined by 0.77 points to close at 4,979.71 while Nairobi All Share Index went up by 0.55 points to close at 167.82. However, the market capitalization gained KES 7.57 billion (0.32%) to close at KES 2,347.46 billion. The market breadth ended positive, with 23 gainers and 19 losers. On the one hand, the highest market gainer was East Africa Portland Cement gaining 9.26…

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