African capital market

Egypt Market Watch | June 14th 2015: Egyptian equity markets slide by EGP 3.2 billion

Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices tumbled at beginning of the week, with the market capitalisation went down by almost EGP 3.2 billion to close at EGP 486.213 billion (against EGP 489.388 billion recorded yesterday) on thin liquidity which is below EGP 250 million and lack of institutional investors. The benchmark index EGX30 tumbled by 1.07 percent or 92.33 points to end the day at 8,534.13 points (-4.40 percent year-to-date performance). Equally,…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 12th 2015: Nigerian Equities sustained its previous day’s gain, adding 19bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian equities market sustained its previous day’s gain, adding 19bps to close at 33,621.75points. In like manner, market capitalization added N22.3bn to berth at N11.5tn. Improvement in market performance was broadly driven by bargain hunting in GUINNESS (+5.8%) and ETI (+1.3%). Market activities were however mixed as a total of 243.3m (+57.9%) units of shares worth N3.9bn (-6.3%) were traded. Sector indices were all positive. The Banking…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 12th 2015: Mauritius equity market retracted its uptrend runs, market cap lost MUR 337 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market retracted its uptrend runs today, the SEMDEX index tumbled by 0.15 percent or 3.04 points to reach 1,975.05 points and the Sem-10 slide by 0.19 percent or 0.72 points to 376.10 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.581 billion, by losing MUR 337 million (against MUR 219.918 billion recorded yesterday) and overall total volume trade recorded at 20.433 million and turnover amounted to MUR…

Tanzania Market Watch | June 12th 2015: Tanzania equity market rises by TSZ 28 billion today…

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSEI) rose by 3.31 points or 0.11 percent to close at 2,816.20 points and market capitalization recorded at TZS 24,657.47 billion (an increase of about TSZ 28 billion against previous trade session market cap of TSZ 24,629.50). Likewise, the Tanzania Share Index advanced by 4.70 points or 0.10 percent to close at 4,731.74 points. Today, DSE recorded a total turnover of…

Morocco Market Watch | June 12th 2015: Morocco equity market ended the week on a bullish note, All Share index up 0.43%

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Casablanca, Morocco (Capital Markets in Africa):- Morocco equity market ended the week on a bullish note. Morocco’s benchmark stock index (MASI Index) surged by 0.47 percent to close at 9,647.75 points (with a year-to-date performance to 0.29 percent) with total market capitalization at MAD 489.535 billion and market activities measured as total traded value was recorded at MAD 29.915 million. Equally, Moroccan most active share index (MADEX) closed at 7,889.31 points (added 0.53 percent compared…

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

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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…

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…

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