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Nigerian Equity Markets | 02 Oct 2015: Nigerian Equities Market Records 2.0% Decline Post-Independence Day Celebration

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The All Share Index (ASI) dipped 2.0% on the first trading day of the month to 30,588.41pts as a result of drags from bellwether stocks – DANGOTE CEMENT (-5.0%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-4.8%), NESTLE (-4.6%) and ZENITH (-2.1%). Thus YTD and W-o-W returns were brought to -11.7% and +0.1% in that order. Market capitalization sank to N10.5tn from N10.7tn the previous day. Similarly market activity decreased as volume and value…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 02 Oct 2015 : Equity Trading Ends in Mixed Sentiment, Indices Higher, Market Cap Higher

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The Stock Exchange of Mauritius equity markets trading closed the week in the mixed sentiment. The equity market capitalization ended at MUR 213.290 billion by going down MUR 51 million (about US$1.5 million) compared to previous market capitalization of MUR 213.239 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) moved up by 0.02 percent or 0.46 points to close at 1,915.20 and SEM10 index added 0.08 percent or…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 01 Oct 2015 : Positive Trends on Mauritius Equity Markets, indices higher …

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — On Thursday, the Mauritius equity markets trading ended in the North Pole region after two days in the southern region. The equity market capitalization closed ending at MUR 213.239 billion after gaining MUR 487 million (about US$13.5 million) compared to a previous market capitalization of MUR 212.752 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) surged by 0.23 percent or 4.37 points to close at 1,914.84 and SEM10 index…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 30 Sep 2015: Nigerian Equities Stays Bullish Ahead of ‘The List’ …NSE ASI up 1.3%

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian Equities market sustained its upward trend at the close of trading today as massive buying activity in some blue chip stocks few minutes to the close of trading lifted the Benchmark index 1.3% higher to close at 31, 217.7pts. As a result MTD return settled at 5.2% while YTD return eased to –9.9%. The major stocks that drove market performance were DANGOTE CEMENT (+4.7%), ACCESS (+2.6%)…

Mauritius Equity Markets | 30 Sep 2015 : Mauritius Equity Investors Lose US$4 Million, SEM10 Index 6bps up …

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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa — The Mauritius equity markets trading continued to stay in the red zone. The equity market capitalization closed ended at MUR 212.752 billion by losing MUR 126 million (about US$3.5 million) compared to previous market capitalization of MUR 212.878 billion. The Mauritius All Share Index (SEMDEX index) sagged by 0.06 percent or 1.13 points to close at 1,910.46 but SEM10 index added 0.06 percent or 0.21 points to end…

Ghana Equity Markets | 29 Sep 2015: Bear Persists, Market Cap US$57 Million down …

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Accra, Ghana Capital Markets in Africa — On Tuesday, Ghanaian equity markets continued the bearish mood, as a result equities market capitalization lost GHS 214 million (about US$ 57 million) to close at GHS 62,115.13 million relative to market capitalization of GHS 62,329.54 recorded at previous trading session. The benchmark composite index sagged by 1.98 percent or 40.3 points to close the day at 1,995.99 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f -11.68 percent. The financial Index slumped by 2.84 percent or…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 29 Sep 2015: Nigerian Equity Bullish Run Continues… NSE ASI Rises 20bps

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The benchmark index further improved 0.2% to close 30,825.00pts at the end of the second session this week. The sustained uptrend is attributable to gains in DANGOTE CEMENT (+1.8%) NIGERIAN BREWERIES (+0.7%), and ACCESS (+0.6%). Likewise, market capitalization increased N20.8bn to close at N10.6tn during trade. In addition, market activities were mixed as volume of shares traded rose 165.3% to 707.5m while the value declined 21.0% to N2.5bn. …

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