BRVM rises 1.72%, led by telecoms at 4.53% and utilities at 4.54%
The BRVM Composite closed up 1.72% at 435.38 points, while the BRVM-30 rose 1.97% to 204.87 and the Composite Total Return gained 1.72% to 170.89. The advance was driven by telecoms at 108.58 points, up 4.53%, and utilities at 211.28 points, up 4.54%, as Sonatel reported quarterly profit of 113 billion CFA francs, according to Africtelegraph. Financials were flat at 196.29 points, even as banking headlines stayed active with Ecobank completing a $208 million buyback of its 2031 notes, according to Investing.com France, after a $450 million green bond deal reported by Financial Afrik. On the corporate side, SOLIBRA reported 2025 profit doubled to 46 billion CFA francs and said it would continue in 2026 the momentum of a record year, according to Sika Finance, while the industrial index slipped 0.07% to 197.67 points.
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