African equity market

Egypt Market Watch | June 18th 2015: Egyptian stock exchange maintains the uptrend momentum with EGP 1.6 billion gains.

Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity indices were maintained the bullish momentum to close the week on positive note. The market capitalisation gained around EGP 1.4 billion to close at EGP 490.129 billion (against EGP 488.733 billion recorded yesterday), backed by Egyptians’ strong buying. On a week-on-week basis, market capitalization added EGP 0.7 billion relative to last week Thursday market capitalization. The benchmark index EGX30 slightly surged by 0.24 percent or 20.16 points to end…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | June 18th 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index marginally falls, market cap US$1 million down

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index and market capitalization sustained the bearish runs today. The industrial index fell by 0.02 percent or 0.03 points to end at 152.94 points. Equally, the market capitalization narrowly lost US$ 1 million to end at US$3.979 billion (against US$3.980 market cap recorded at previous trading session). The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$315,503 exchanged in 22 traded securities via 40 trade transactions….

Cote d’Ivoire Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Equity market cap rises by XOF 62 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 Wednesday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 271.02 to 274.41 points, a gain of 1.25%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.92% to 275.29 against 272.77 points previously. Equally, the equity market capitalization gained by XOF 62.20 billion to close at XOF 6,792.94 billion compared with previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Biding Time to Make Quick wins …NSE ASI sheds 37bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The Nigerian Bourse slipped further at the close of market today as the NSE All Share Index (ASI) shed 0.4% to close at 33,478.42 points. The decline in the benchmark index today was on the back of price depreciation in bellwethers such as DANGOTECEMENT (-1.1%) and ZENITHBANK (-2.0%). Today’s market activity was marked by 13.0% decline in volume traded to 194.0m units and 13.0% increase in value traded to…

Ghana Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization bounce to green today, GHS 117 million up

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization climbed at the end of today’s trading session, amid of increased investor appetite. The benchmark composite index surged 21.14 points or about 0.77 percent to end the day at 2,382.07, bringing the year- to- date return to 5.35 percent. Equally, the financial Index climbed by 32.1 points or 1.11 percent to 2,446.19 with a year-to-date return of 9.03 percent. Likewise, the market capitalization gained nearly GHS 116.7 million (rose…

Mauritius Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Mauritius equity market maintains positive momentum, SEMDEX 0.13% up, Market Cap adds MUR 275 million

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market continued the positive momentum at the end of trading session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) gained 0.13 percent or 2.48 points to close 1,975.82 points and the SEM10 surge by 0.31 percent or 1.18 points to end at 377.11 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.666 billion, by adding MUR 275 million (against MUR 219.391 billion recorded at previous trading day) and…

Kenya Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Kenya equity market continued on the positive region, market cap adds KES 2.0 billion

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- Kenya equity market continued on the positive region at the end of today’s trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index surged by 17.20 points to close at 4,790.42 points and Nairobi All Share Index slide by 0.14 points to settle at 163.02. However, the FTSE NSE 25 and FTSE NSE 15 indices remained flat to close at 217.67 and 217.31 points respectively. The market capitalization added KES 2.01 billion…

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