African Stock Exchanges

Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 15 July 2015: BRVM stock markets close higher … added XOF 57 billion

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Cote d’Ivoire Equity Watch | 15 July 2015: BRVM stock markets close higher … added XOF 57 billion

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa):- BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session this Wednesday, higher than the previous day. BRVM 10 index rose from 287.78 to 291.63 points, a gain of 1.34%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.81% to 287.88 against 285.57 points previously. The equity market capitalization also added XOF 57 billion to close at XOF 7,103.48 billion relative to previous trading sessions’ market capitalization of XOF 7,046.49…

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Nigeria Equity Watch | 15 July 2015 : All Share index shed 128bps to drop below the psychologically important level of 31,000 points

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Nigeria Equity Watch | 15 July 2015 : All Share index shed 128bps to drop below the psychologically important level of 31,000 points

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian equities market continued its negative strides into the eleventh session as the All Share Index (ASI) dipped further by 1.3% to settle at 30,970.51pts. In like manner, market capitalisation also fell N137.4bn to close at 10.6tn. Against the gloomy investor sentiments in the equities market, price decline in bellwether consumer goods (NIGERIAN BREWERIES) and industrial goods (DANGOTE CEMENT) counters led to the further decline in the…

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Mauritius Equity Watch | 15 July 2015: Mauritius stocks maintained the bullish momentum … added MUR 360 million

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Mauritius Equity Watch | 15 July 2015: Mauritius stocks maintained the bullish momentum … added MUR 360 million

 Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius stocks maintained the bullish momentum at end of today’s trading session. As a result, the Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) jumped by 0.17 percent or 3.24 points to settle at 1,951.02 points and the SEM10 index moved to 371.24 points by adding 1.00 points or 0.27 percent. The market capitalization increased by MUR 360 million to settle at MUR 216.909 billion (relative to yesterday’s market capitalization of MUR…

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Nigeria Equity Watch | 14 July 2015 : Inflation numbers further dampened investors sentiment today…

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Nigeria Equity Watch | 14 July 2015 : Inflation numbers further dampened investors sentiment today…

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) —The release of negative inflation numbers (Headline 9.2% y/y) further dampened investors sentiment today(ASI –0.81%), extending the index loss for the tenth consecutive session. Tier I banks were the most hit as investors offloaded shares of Zenith(-3.97%), Guaranty(-1.53%) and FBNH(-1.52%). On the flip side, a combination of foreign buying and thinning offers helped lift prices of ETI(+2.69%) and UBA(+2.38%). Consumers were also down, Flourmill(-4.85%), NB(-0.60%) and UACN(-0.73%) dropped amid…

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Mauritius Equity Watch | 14 July 2015: SEDMEX adds 14bps, SEM10 up by 17bps but DEMEX index fall by 18bps

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Mauritius Equity Watch | 14 July 2015: SEDMEX adds 14bps, SEM10 up by 17bps but DEMEX index fall by 18bps

 Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity markets ended in green today. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) rose by 0.14 percent or 2.73 points to close at 1,947.78 points and the SEM10 index traded at 370.23 levels, after adding 0.17 percent or 0.65 points. The market capitalization was recorded at MUR 216.549 billion. The overall total volume trade was recorded at 10.702 million with total valued traded at MUR 46.008 million. The most active…

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Zimbabwe Market Watch | 13 July 2015: Zimbabwe equities begins in red …. ZSE industrial index down by 18 basis points

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Zimbabwe Market Watch | 13 July 2015: Zimbabwe equities begins in red …. ZSE industrial index down by 18 basis points

Harare, Zimbabwe (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) industrial index and market capitalization started the week on red. The industrial index somersaulted  by 0.18 percent or 0.26 points to end at 144.60 points, resulting to -11.01 percent year-to-date and -22.44 on year-on-year basis. However,  the mining index remained unchanged to settle at 39.72 points (-44.61 percent and 28.00 percent year-to-date and year-on-year return respectively). The market capitalization end at US$ 3.788 billion, by giving…

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Nigeria Equity Watch | 13 July 2015 : Nigerian equities continue on red path … NSE all Share index 32 basis points down

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Nigeria Equity Watch | 13 July 2015 : Nigerian equities continue on red path … NSE all Share index 32 basis points down

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — Overall market performance indicators, the NSE All Share Index and market capitalisation, declined by 0.32% each to 31,628.20 points and N10.80 trillion respectively. This was amid a 38% increase in the total value traded N5.4 billion, with commercial banking giant, Zenith Bank accounting for over 50%. Dangote Cement and Nestle Nigeria accounted for about 25% and 8% of the total value traded respectively. Commercial banking concern, Unity Bank…

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