African equity market

Cote D’Ivoire Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015: BRVM equity markets close lower, Agriculture sectors biggest loser

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Capital Markets in Africa — BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session this Thursday, lower than the previous day. BRVM 10 index decreased from 294.79 to 291.73 points, a drop of 1.04 percent. BRVM Composite index lost 0.82 percent to 292.79 against 295.20 points previously. The equity market capitalization plummeted by XOF 59 billion (about US$101 million) to close at XOF 7,225 billion relative to previous trading…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 4 Sep 2015: Cement Stocks Drag Market Performance… NSE ASI down 1.6%

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian bourse extended the previous day’s loss to today as the All share Index (ASI) fell 1.6% to close 29,393.77pts. Market capitalization also shed 164.1bn to close at 10.1tn. The decline in the ASI is attributable to further depreciations recorded in bellwether stocks such as DANGCEM (-5.0%), WAPCO (-4.0%) and NESTLE (-1.2%). Similarly, market activities measured by volume and value declined 37.8% to 273.7m units and 36.1% to N2.9bn respectively. Sector indices were…

Ghana Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015: GSE equity markets stay on downtrends …

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Accra, Ghana Capital Markets in Africa — Ghana equity markets maintained the bearish mood for six successive trading session, so the equities market capitalization shred off GHS 44 million (about US$8 million) to close at GHS 62,680 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 62,724 recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index went down by 8.12 points or 0.39 percent to close the day at 2,101.45 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f -7.06 percent. The financial Index sagged by…

Zimbabwe Equity Market | 3 Sep 2015: Zimbabwe Stock Exchange industrial index lower today …

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Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-Zimbabwe equity markets returned to negative at the end of Thursday’s trading session. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index declined by 0.09 percent or 0.12 points to end at 135.47 points. The market capitalization ended at US$3.549 billion by gaining US$7 million relative to market capitalization of US$3.556 billion recorded at the previous trading session. The market activity today recorded a turnover of US$381,764 (a reduction compared to 1,134,382 recorded…

Morocco Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015: Casablanca Bourse stock indices end higher, investors pocket US$270 million

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa — Equity trading on the Casablanca Bourse sustained positive momentum started yesterday, the Moroccan benchmark stock index (measured as MASI Index) surged by 67.41 point or 0.73 percent to close at 9,301.86 points (with a year-to-date performance to -3.31 percent). The equity market capitalization closed at MAD 473.920 billion (a gain of MAD 2.6 billion or US$ 270 million) from MAD 471.285 market capitalization recorded at previous trading session. The market activities measured as…

Egypt Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015 : All is green on Egyptian Equity Markets, investors US$720 million richer

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Cairo, Egypt Capital Markets in Africa — On the last trading of the week, the equity market capitalization increased by EGP 5.6 billion (nearly US$ 720 million) to end at EGP 450.376 billion from EGP 444.764 billion recorded at previous day trading session. The benchmark index EGX30 accelerated by 145.49 points or 2.03 percent to end 7,295.96 points. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 also jumped by 1.75 percent or 21.53 points to settle at 1,248.77 points. Likewise, EGX70 index, which measures small and mid-cap index, advanced…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 3 Sep 2015 : Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity ends lower, SEM10 index 0.23% drop

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Port Louis, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity market capitalization declined by MUR 1.84 billion (US$ 52 million) to settle at MUR 216.486 million relative to previous market capitalization of MUR 216.597 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) peeled by 0.05 percent or 1.00 points to close at 1,944.00 points and SEM10 index closed at 371.44 points after falling by 0.23 percent or 0.87 points. From the market activity…

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