African equity market

Egypt Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Egyptian stock exchange surges for 2nd day in a row; equities gain EGP 1.6 billion

Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Egyptian equity indices were bullish today and maintained yesterday gains. The market capitalisation gained around EGP 1.60 billion to close at EGP 488.733 billion (against EGP 487.136 billion recorded yesterday), backed by Egyptians’ strong buying. The benchmark index EGX30 slightly surged by 0.01 percent or 0.45 points to end the day at 8,556.55 points (-4.15 percent year-to-date performance). Similarly, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 climbed by 0.39 percent or 1.75 points to…

Botswana Market Watch | June 17th 2015: Botswana domestic composite index adds 100 bps

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index added 0.01 percent or 13,00 point to close at BWP 10,601.66. However, the foreign composite index marginally lost 0.06 basis point to close at 1,570.91 points. However, the equity market capitalization was recorded at BWP 430.421 billion. From the market activity viewpoint, the daily volume and turnover settle at 381,663 and BWP 1.400 million. Barclays Bank Botswana recorded a volume of 30,000 and turnover of BWP 126,000, G4S ended with 27,027…

Zimbabwe Market Watch | June 17th 2015 industrial index and market capitalization ended in red region today

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index and market capitalization ended in red region today. The industrial index fell by 0.05 percent or 0.08 points to end at 152.98 points. Equally, the market capitalization lost US$ 11 million to end at US$3.980 billion (against US$3.991 market cap recorded at previous trading session). The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$2.557 million exchanged in 19 traded securities via 43 trade transactions….

Mauritius Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Mauritius equity market adds MUR 61 million and indices marginally up

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market retracted today to end in positive region, the SEMDEX index climbed by 0.03 percent or 0.58 points to close 1,973.34 points and the Sem-10 advanced by 0.08 percent or 0.31 points to 375.93 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 219.391 billion, by adding MUR 61 million (against MUR 219.326 billion recorded at previous trading day) and overall total volume trade recorded at 1.339 million and…

Nigeria Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Bears Return to the Market… NSE ASI down 35bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Bourse halted three days uptrend, easing 0.4%to close the day at 33,602. 67 points. Losses recorded in UNION BANK (-4.8%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.3%) and DANGOTE CEMENT (-0.6%) were largely responsible for today’s decline. Also, market capitalization moderated by N40.3bn to berth at N11.5tn. Market activity weakened on 2.8% and 25.1% depreciation in volume and value traded after a total of 222.9m units of shares worth N3.6bn…

Kenya Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Kenya equity market returns to positive, market cap adds KES 1.8 billion.

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index surged by 13.65 points to close at 4,773.23 points and Nairobi All Share Index slide by 0.13 points to settle at 162.88. However, the FTSE NSE 25 and FTSE NSE 15 indices plummeted by 0.21 points and 0.04 points to close 217.67 and 217.31 points respectively. The market capitalization added KES 1.8 billion (about 0.08 percent) to close at KES 2,278.26 billion. Looking…

Ghana Market Watch | June 16th 2015: Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization tumble

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity markets indices and market capitalization nose-dive at the end of today’s trading session. The benchmark composite index dropped 3.15 points (about 0.13 percent) to end the day at 2,360.66, bringing the year- to- date return to 4.41 percent. Equally, the financial Index plunged by 5.21 points or 0.22 percent to 2,414.09 with a year-to-date return of 7.60 percent. Alike, the market capitalization went down nearly GHS 17.14 million (-0.03percent relative to yesterday market cap…

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