African Equity Markets

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — Bear appeared at the end of Thursday’s equity trading session. The equity market capitalization closed at MUR 202.267 billion after dropping MUR 267 million (about US$7.4 million) relatively to the previous market capitalization of MUR 202.534. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) dropped 0.13 percent or 2.39 points to close at 1,816.28 and SEM10 index fell by 0.08 percent or 0.22 points to close at 349.11 points….

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — Positive momentum continued on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius at the end of Wednesday’s equity trading session. The equity market capitalization closed at MUR 202.534 billion after adding MUR 537 million (about US$15 million) relatively to the previous market capitalization of MUR 201.997. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) gathered 0.27 percent or 4.81 points to end at 1,818.67 and SEM10 index surged by 0.46 percent or 1.61…

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity markets bounced back to positive territory. The equity market capitalization ended at MUR 201.997 billion after dropping MUR 125 million (about US$3.3 million) relatively to the previous market capitalization of MUR 201.872.  The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) gained 0.06 percent or 1.12 points to close at 1,813.86 and SEM10 index added 0.18 percent or 0.61 points to end at 347.73…

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity markets opened the week in the negative zone. The equity market capitalization ended at MUR 201.872 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) dipped by 0.20 percent or 3.60 points to end at 1,812.74 and SEM10 index dropped 0.04 percent or 0.13 points to end at 347.11 points. From the market activity viewpoint, the overall total volume trade ended at 5,768…