African Stock Exchanges

Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa — Egyptian Exchange equity trading ended in the negative zone as both the indices and market capitalization closed lower. The equity market capitalization shed off about EGP 1.38 billion (nearly US$230 million) to end at EGP 417.466 billion from EGP 419.269 billion recorded at the previous day trading session.   The benchmark index EGX30 slid by 73.32 points or 1.13 percent to end 6,407.33 points. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 slumped by 0.61 percent or…

Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa —– Egyptian Exchange equity trading started the week on a mixed note after the equity market capitalization gained EGP 1.38 billion (nearly US$172 million) to end at EGP 419.269 billion from EGP 417.889 billion recorded at the previous day trading session.  However, the benchmark index EGX30 sagged by 76.10 points or 1.07 percent to end 7,158.10 points. The equal-weighted indexes EGX50 soared by 0.44 percent or 4.85 points to settle at 1,102.30 points. EGX70…

Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa — The market capitalization to close at EGP 425.237 billion after losing EGP 704 million (US$90 billion) relatively to EGP 424.533 billion recorded at the previous trading session.  The benchmark index EGX30 added 0.07 percent or 4.77 points to end 6,806,67 points. Equally, the equal-weighted indexes EGX50 grew by 0.46 percent or 5.28 points to end at 1,151.97 points (with a year-to-date of -35.97 percent). EGX70, which measures small and mid-cap index, rose by 0.81…