Movers & Shakers: April 02, 2015


Botswana: DCI -0.06%, USD 15k

Nothing to report from Gaborone.

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.83%, USD 10.8m

Another active day in Nairobi while foreign participants remain skewed to the sell side. The most active names were KNCB (unch, KES60.50), Safcom (-2.4%, KES16.60) and BRIT (-3.7%, KES26.00). There was also some mild action in Eqbnk (-1.9%, KES51.00), KenolKobil (-2.7%, KES9.00) and EABL (+1.6%, KES321.00).

Mauritius: Semdex -0.12%, USD 6.18m

Once again some chunky action in MCBG (+30bps, Rs197.50) driving the market. Outside of this name the market was decidedly quiet.

Nigeria: ASI +3.92%, USD 94.2m

Another extremely active day in Lagos. The day started on the front foot although sellers did come in as the day progressed. Banks still gained a solid 7.02% with some massive volumes going through in the likes of GTB (+10.20%, N31.88) and Zenith (+8.35%, N25.05). Consumers were more circumspect although still gained 3.70% mostly thanks to Nestle (+5%, N936.60) and NB (+5%, N166.25). NB also witnessed some chunky crossing. There were good volumes in names such as Dangcem (+3.17%, N182.00), Wapco (+42bps, N93.00), UACN (+84bps, N36.02) and Oando (+10.14%, N17.60).

Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.08%, USD 424k

Interest in the ZSE remains apathetic with the only action on the day a small cross in African Sun.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.96

-3.26

Nigeria

NGN

199.05

-7.84

Kenya

KES

92.78

-2.35

Mauritius

MUR

36.15

-12.17

Botswana

BWP

9.88

-3.57

Tanzania

TZS

1857.00

-6.68

Uganda

UGX

3000.00

-7.63

Rwanda

RWF

690.74

-0.14

Ghana

GHS

3.81

-15.66

BRVM

XOF

606.29

-10.56

Egypt

EGP

7.57

-5.63

Morocco

MAD

9.86

-7.95

Tunisia

TND

1.94

-4.21

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