African equity market

Mauritius Equity Markets | 9 Sep 2015 : The Bear is the King at Stock Exchange of Mauritius Equity Markets …

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity market capitalization closed at MUR 215.847 after losing MUR 222 million (US$6.2 million) relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 216.069 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) slacked by 0.10 percent or 1.91 points to close at 1,938.25 points and SEM10 index closed at 369.53 points after adding 0.18 percent or 0.68 points. From the market activity viewpoint, the overall total volume…

Botswana Equity Markets | 8 Sept 2015: Botswana equity markets bear takes further hold as DCI falls 3bps and market cap loses US$8 mill….

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Gaborone, Botswana, Capital Markets in Africa — The Botswana Stock Exchange Equity Markets bear took further hold today as the downward trend in the DCI, LASI and DFSI continued and volumes in traded securities increased. The Botswana Domestic Composite Index (DCI) was down by 3 points to close at 10,826.36 points falling by 0.02 percent from its previous close of 10,828.55 points. Likewise, the Local Asset Sector Index (LASI) was also down after the days trading…

Zimbabwe Equity Market | 8 Sep 2015: Zimbabwe Equity Markets continue losing streak, Market Cap down by US$8 mill….

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Harare, Zimbabwe, Capital Markets in Africa – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index continued its losing streak in todays trading session closing at 134.55 points down 0.29 points or 0.22 percent. The ZSE Industrial index had the year-to- Date down 17.34 percent with the year on year average down 34.00 percent. The market capitalization ended at US$3.519 billion by losing US$8 million relative to market capitalization of US$3.527 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The market activity today recorded a…

Ghana Equity Markets | 8 Sep 2015: Ghana Stock Exchange equity markets move to positive ..

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Accra, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa — On Tuesday the Ghanaian Stock Exchange (GSE) equities closed in positive momentum, as a result the market capitalization rose by GHS 54 million to close at GHS 62,894 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 62,840 recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index added 9.52 points or 0.45 percent to close the day at 2,103.61 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f -6.96 percent. However, the financial Index sagged by 1.96 points or…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 8 Sep 2015: Nigerian Equities Sustain Positive Run ASI up 102bps

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Nigerian equities sustained bullish momentum into the third consecutive trading session after crossing the psychological line of 30,000 points yesterday. The benchmark index advanced 102bps today to close at 30,358.87points, paring YTD loss to 12.4%. Market capitalization also added 105.4bn to close at N10.4tn. The improvement in the benchmark index today was on account of sustained bargain hunting in DANGCEM (+0.8%) and banking counters — ZENITH (+8.8%), STANBIC…

Cote D’Ivoire Stock Markets | 8 Sep 2015: Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières closes higher, but transportation sector lower

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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 294.33 to 295.41 points, a gain of 0.37 percent. BRVM Composite index gained 0.14 percent to 295.12 against 294.72 points previously. The equity market capitalization gained XOF 9 billion (about US$15.5 million) to close at XOF 7,282 billion relative to previous trading sessions’…

South Africa Equity Markets | 8 Sep 2015: JSE ends higher, gold miners, resources lead the gains

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — Equity trading backed to positive region at the end of Tuesday’s trading session and all major sector indices ended in the green. Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share closed 1.49 percent or726.44 points higher to close at 49,573.49 points and the JSE Top 40 index surged by 718.17 points or 1.66 percent to end at 44,107.18 points. On the positive momentum path, the JSE Financial sector index added 1.27…

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