Market ends week slightly up
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The Total Return Index, SEMTRI, closed the session of Monday 22 October 2012 at 5,172.01 points against 5,170.54 points, last Monday. The All-share index, SEMDEX, closed at 1,694.58 points. The SEM-7 index, which comprises the seven largest and most liquid stocks, closed at 327.83 points. At market close on Monday, market capitalisation reached Rs 167.58 billion.
Total turnover amounted to Rs 166.3 million during the week. Shares of The Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd (MCB), New Mauritius Hotels Ltd (NMHL), State Bank of Mauritius Ltd (SBM), Alteo Ltd and Mauritius Union Assurance Co. Ltd (MUA) were exchanged for a total value of Rs 88.5 million, Rs 22.1 million, Rs 9.4 million, Rs 9.3 million and Rs 5.4 million, respectively, during this time frame. The shares of MCB, NMHL, SBM, Alteo and MUA closed at Rs 163, Rs 56.50, Rs 83, Rs 28 and Rs 120, respectively, on Monday 22 October 2012.
An analysis of the evolution of the prices of listed stocks indicates that out of the 41 stocks figuring on the Official List, 7 moved up during the week, 22 remained stable and 12 went down. The best performing stocks for the week were: Terra Mauricia Ltd (+5.90%), Compagnie des Magasins Populaires Ltée (+1.35%), Mauritius Stationery Manufacturers Ltd (+1.33%), ENL Land Ltd (+1.26%) and ENL Land Ltd (Preference) (+0.71%). The worst performers were: Rogers & Co Ltd (-7.74%), MCFI Ltd (-5.76%), United Docks Ltd (-3.95%), Sun Resorts Ltd (-2.86%) and National Investment Trust Ltd (-2.22%).
On the Development & Enterprise Market (DEM), at market close on Monday, the two indices, the DEMEX and the DEMTRI, closed at 142.35 points and 166.07 points, respectively. Market capitalization stood at Rs 42.62 billion. A total volume of 643,143 shares for a total value of Rs 17.48 million has been traded during the week. The ten best performers in terms of annualised total returns since the beginning of 2012 are: Margarine Industries Ltd, Union Flacq Ltd, Ciel Textile Ltd, Livestock Feed Ltd (O), Associated Commercial, Ascencia Ltd, FIDES, Les Moulins de la Concorde Ltée (O), ABC Motors Co Ltd and Mauritius Secondary Industries Ltd. The total return varies from 3.82% to 302.78%. On the international front, financial markets ended the week on a mixed note. For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 0.11 per cent whilst the NASDAQ composite index went down 1.26 per cent. In Europe, Germany’s DAX, Britain’s FTSE and France CAC 40 gained 2.05 per cent, 1.77 per cent and 3.41 per cent, respectively, during the week.
