Abidjan’s stock market closed April 28, 2026 with a modest 0.24% gain in the BRVM Composite at 403.36 points, but the more revealing signal came from regional banks, which managed to advance even as the market digested four capital-raising announcements across the Bank of Africa network. In a session where only 12 stocks rose, against 17 decliners and 18 unchanged, the West Africa stock market again showed its selective nature: money is moving toward balance sheets seen as resilient, while consumer and industrial names remain under pressure.
Key figures
- BRVM Composite: +0.24% at 403.36
- Financial Services: +0.35% at 177.78
- BICI Côte d’Ivoire: +1.6% at 24,800 XOF
- SIB Côte d’Ivoire: +1.4% at 7,000 XOF
- 4 capital raises announced across Bank of Africa entities on April 28
BRVM stock exchange today: headline gain, uneven internals
The surface reading of the BRVM stock exchange today was positive. The BRVM Composite Total Return added 0.24% to 155.5 points, the BRVM-30 rose 0.81% to , and the index gained to . But the index fell to , showing that the day’s advance was not broadly shared among larger names.