The equity market of the WAEMU Regional Stock Exchange closed lower this week with a BRVM C that fell 0.79% to 206.84 points and a BRVM 10 that contracted 0.56% to 163.97 points. The underperformance observed this week is attributable to declines in the "Other Sectors" (-3.86%), "Distribution" (-2.55%), "Agriculture" (-1.78%) and "Finance" (-1.70%) sectors. On the other hand, the "Industry" and "Public Services" sectors recorded increases of 0.43% and 0.76% respectively, while the "Transport" sector remained constant. As for volume transactions, they fell, unlike the previous week, to 1 880 172 shares traded against 1 910 082 shares. Ecobank Transnational Incorporated TOGO (ETI TOGO) once again dominates trade, accounting for 67% of this volume. In value, transactions fell by 22.21% to 2.58 billion FCFA against 3.31 billion FCFA last week; NESTLE CI represents 15% of this value followed by SOGB CI (13%). In total, 14 values are up against 21 down, 9 values have remained constant.
The BRVM bond market, meanwhile, posted a market capitalization up by 1,19 million FCFA, or 1.46%. The overall capitalization of the bonds is 8 283 billion CFA francs as of September 23, 2022. The obligation to the TPCI symbol O.70 represents 59% of transactions in value, which increased from 6788.31% to 25.49 billion FCFA.
