African capital market

Morocco Equity Watch | 27th July 2015: Morocco equity markets tips back into the red, MASI down 4.63 points and MADEX down 4.19 points…

Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity markets indices went back into the red today with the MASI index ending the session down and the MADEX also down as they were unable to sustain the gains made in previous days trading. Market capitalisation topped out at US$60,391 million. The Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) lost 4.63 points decreasing by -0.05 percent to close at 9,687.43 down from its previous close of 9,692.06 recorded yesterday (taking the year-to-date performance to 0.70 percent). Equally, the Moroccan most active share…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 27th July 2015: Zimbabwe equities ….ZSE industrial index down 0.11 points, market cap ends at US£3.8 billion lifted by Retail Sector gains

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) Industrial Index closed trading in the red zone today down by 0.07% or 0.11 points to end at 145.79 (-10.44% year-to-date and -20.66% year-on-year basis). The mining index however remained flat recording no change in basis points (0.00% rise) to close at 40.94 points (taking the year-to-date to -42.90% and year-on-year return to -38.46% respectively). The market capitalization however continued to make gains as the week started ending at US$ 3,826 billion while the market activity was higher today with a…

Ghana Equity Watch | 27 July 2015: Market capitalization lost GHS 250 million to close at GHS 63,610 million

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Ghanaian Stock Exchange (GSE) on Monday ended in red, so the market capitalization lost GHS 250 million to close at GHS 63,610 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 63,860 recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index down 11.9 points or 0.52 percent to close the day at 2,263.44 points, representing 0.11 percent year-to-date return. The financial Index also declined by 6.24 points or 0.27 percent to trade at 2,313.72 points with a year-to-date…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 27 July 2015: Bull visits the BRVM bourse, market cap XOF 140 billion and BRVM composite index 1.91% up

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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 Monday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 305.54 to 315.18 points, a gain of 3.16 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 1.91 percent to 303.83 against 298.14 points previously. The equity market capitalization rose by XOF 140.34 billion to close at XOF 7,497.22 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 27 July 2015 : Equities Market Trades Without Drive…NSE ASI Declines 91bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse benchmark index (ASI) continued southwards, shedding 0.9% to berth at 30,807.54pts. This pulled YTD return lower to –11.1%. Performances of some largely capitalized counters such as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-3.3%), ZENITH (-3.0%) and GUARANTY (-1.7%) were accountable for the decline in the ASI today. Market capitalization contracted N120.9bn and closed N10.6tn. However, market activity strengthened as volume and value traded improved 38.8% and 28.2% to 184.2m…

Tanzania Equity Watch | 27 July 2015: Investors lose US$9.3 million on Tanzania Stock Markets … indices marginally fall

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- Trading at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange began the week on a negative note. The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index (DSEI) declined by 2.21 points or 0.09 percent to close at 2,579.50 points and the Tanzanian domestic Share Index plunged by 9.14 points or 0.20 percent to end at 4,531.63 points. Likewise, Banks, Finance & Investment sector index went down by 26.85 points or 0.88 percent…

Egypt Equity Watch | 27th July 2015: Egyptian equity markets indices all down today under pressure from poor performing Bank and Oil stocks

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index EGX 30, EGX70, EGX100 and the EGX20 capped index were all down today as the markets reacted to pressure from poor performing Bank and Oil stock leaving market capitalisation down at just over EGP 485,430 Million. The benchmark index EGX30 was down 116.96 points to close the day on 7887.87, a decrease of -1.46 percent from its previous close of 8004.83 points (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -11.64 percent and equal to 3,463 points in US$ terms). The EGX20…

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