The Regional Securities Exchange of Abidjan ended Monday 19 October down 0.58%, with its Composite index at 529.51 points. Total Côte d'Ivoire recorded the session's steepest decline, of 7.26%, to CFA 2,875 francs.
The decline also hit the exchange's two other main indices. The BRVM 30 fell 0.53% to 256.17 points, while the BRVM Prestige lost 0.37% to 196.22 points, according to closing data published by the exchange.
Decliners outnumbered gainers. Sika Finance counted 27 stocks falling against 13 rising in its session report.
Sucrivoire thus dropped 5.29% to CFA 2,150 francs, and the Compagnie ivoirienne d'électricité 4.31% to CFA 5,550 francs. In contrast, Bernabé Côte d'Ivoire gained 2.49% to CFA 1,850 francs, and Ecobank Côte d'Ivoire 1.89% to CFA 16,200 francs.
Transaction value came to 1.938 billion CFA francs. Equity market capitalisation stood at about 20,765 billion CFA francs, according to the BRVM's official figures.