African equity market

Zimbabwe Market Watch | 7th July 2015: Zimbabwe industrial index remains in the red, down -2.08%, Mining recovers but market cap drops to US3,800 Mill…

Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):– The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index remained in the red zone as the week entered it’s second day of trading with market capitalization also in the red. Market activity, foreign buys and foreign sales all dropped down into the red at the end of the day’s session with only the Mining Index finding some recovery. The Industrial index went into the red by -0.28 percent going downwards 0.41 points to end at 145.03…

South Africa Market Watch | 7 July 2015: South African equities cover in blood, All Share falls 2.69%, losses led by resources

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — South African equity markets extended its bearish runs. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share dropped by 2.69 percent or 1383.43 points to land at 49,997.79 points. The JSE Top 40 index also plunged by 2.96 percent or 1,355.42 points to settle at 44,377.00 points and JSE Financial sector index tumbled by 2.45 percent or 1,069.24 points at 42,544.54 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index…

Kenya Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: Kenya equity markets close higher, market cap KES 2.7 Bill

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa):- Kenya equity markets closed higher than previous trading session. The market capitalization closed at to close at KES 2,262.73 billion, by adding KES 2.71 billion or 0.12 percent relative to market capitalization of KES 2,260.18 billion recorded at previous trading session. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE20) index added 1.17 points or 0.02 percent to close at 4,815.28 points and Nairobi All Share Index climbed by 0.18 points or 0.11 percent…

Nigeria Equity Watch | 7 July 2015 : NSE Maintains Losing Streak to Fifth Day… ASI down 21bps

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The sell pressure on the Nigerian bourse continued as the All Share Index (ASI) dipped 0.2% to close at 32,380.26pts. This drove 1-Week performance and YTD return to -3.2% and -6.6% respectively. Following the trend, investors lost N21.8bn at the close of trade, bringing market capitalization to N11.1tn. Today’s decline was broadly driven by further depreciation in Banking and Consumer Goods bellwethers – UBA (-6.2%) and NIGERIAN BREWERIES…

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: BRVM Equity market indices close higher … market cap XOF 62.29 Bill up

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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 277.71 to 281.48 points, a gain of 1.36%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.91% to 280.75 against 278.23 points previously. The equity market capitalization also added XOF 62.29 billion to close at XOF 6,927.77 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 6,865.48…

Ghana Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: Ghana equity markets bearish today …. composite index 8bps down

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana stock markets returned to bearish path at end of today’s trading session. The benchmark composite index slides by 1.88 points or 0.08 percent to end the day at 2,346.79, its year- to- date performance reduces to 3.79 percent. At the same time, the financial Index plunged by 9.51 points or 2.91 percent to trade at 2,386.31 with a year-to-date return of 6.36 percent. Likewise, the market capitalization closed at GHS 64,597.38 million, by marginally rose…

Mauritius Equity Watch | 7 July 2015: Mauritius equity market turns green, SEMDEX 0.44% up, SEM10 37bps up but Market Cap MUR 40 Mill down

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets finished bullish at end of today’s training session. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.44 percent or 8.63 points to close 1,973.28 points and the SEM10 index climbed by 0.10 percent or 0.37 points to end at 374.09 points. The market capitalization lost MUR 40 million to settle at MUR 218.385 billion (as against MUR 218.425 billion recorded at yesterday’s trading session). The overall…

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