African capital market

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 7th July 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index remains in the red, down -2.08%, Mining recovers but market cap drops to US3,800 Mill…

Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):– The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index remained in the red zone as the week entered it’s second day of trading with market capitalization also in the red. Market activity, foreign buys and foreign sales all dropped down into the red at the end of the day’s session with only the Mining Index finding some recovery. The Industrial index went into the red by -0.28 percent going downwards 0.41 points to end at 145.03…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 7 July 2015 : NSE Maintains Losing Streak to Fifth Day… ASI down 21bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The sell pressure on the Nigerian bourse continued as the All Share Index (ASI) dipped 0.2% to close at 32,380.26pts. This drove 1-Week performance and YTD return to -3.2% and -6.6% respectively. Following the trend, investors lost N21.8bn at the close of trade, bringing market capitalization to N11.1tn. Today’s decline was broadly driven by further depreciation in Banking and Consumer Goods bellwethers – UBA (-6.2%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: BRVM Equity market indices close higher … market cap XOF 62.29 Bill 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 Tuesday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 277.71 to 281.48 points, a gain of 1.36%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.91% to 280.75 against 278.23 points previously. The equity market capitalization also added XOF 62.29 billion to close at XOF 6,927.77 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 6,865.48…

Ghana Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: Ghana equity markets bearish today …. composite index 8bps down

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana stock markets returned to bearish path at end of today’s trading session. The benchmark composite index slides by 1.88 points or 0.08 percent to end the day at 2,346.79, its year- to- date performance reduces to 3.79 percent. At the same time, the financial Index plunged by 9.51 points or 2.91 percent to trade at 2,386.31 with a year-to-date return of 6.36 percent. Likewise, the market capitalization closed at GHS 64,597.38 million, by marginally rose…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: Mauritius equity market turns green, SEMDEX 0.44% up, SEM10 37bps up but Market Cap MUR 40 Mill down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets finished bullish at end of today’s training session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.44 percent or 8.63 points to close 1,973.28 points and the SEM10 index climbed by 0.10 percent or 0.37 points to end at 374.09 points. The market capitalization lost MUR 40 million to settle at MUR 218.385 billion (as against MUR 218.425 billion recorded at yesterday’s trading session). The overall…

Egypt Equity Watch | 6th July 2015: Egyptian equity markets Benchmark index drops -4.23 %, Small cap Index and all sectors also down…

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity markets Benchmark Index, EGX70, EGX100 and the EGX20 capped index were all in the red today with the markets registering lowered trading activity today. The benchmark index EGX30 dropped -4.23 percent to end the day at 7870.78 points down 347.93 points from its previous close yesterday (with the resultant year-to-date performance of -11.83 percent). Likewise, EGX70, which measures small and mid-cap index, plunged -3.08 percent to settle at 425.02 points down 13.49 points (-24.83 percent…

Ghana Equity Watch | 6 July 2015: Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization bullish today, US$ 10 million up

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana stock markets started the week bullish. The benchmark composite index surged by 6.81 points or 0.30 percent to end the day at 2,348.67, its year- to- date performance improves to 3.88 percent. At the same time, the financial Index gained 9.51 points or 0.41 percent to trade at 2,389.22 with a year-to-date return of 6.49 percent. Likewise, the market capitalization nearly added GHS 38.61 million (relative to previous trading sessions’ market cap of GHS 64,558.49)…

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