Cote d’Ivoire: BRVM Slips As Orange Cote d’Ivoire Weighs On Market

The BRVM opened the week lower, even as the broader market showed balance between gainers and decliners.

The BRVM Composite fell 0.13% to 436.68 points, while the BRVM-30 declined 0.29% to 204.78 points. The BRVM Prestige was unchanged at 170.97 points. Market breadth was even, with 20 stocks rising and 20 falling.

The decline was driven by profit-taking in large-cap stocks after recent gains. Filtisac CI posted the sharpest drop, falling 5.56% to CFA2,295. CIE CI lost 4.23% to CFA5,095 as…