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Movers & Shakers: April 24, 2014
Botswana: DCI -0.24%, USD 4.79m
It was an excellent day in Gaborone from an activity point of view as value traded amounted to USD 4.79m thanks mostly to a cross in Letlole (20m shares). There was also some activity in Choppies as 1.14m shares traded.
Egypt: Closed for the day.
Kenya: NSE 20 +0.38%, USD 9.79m
There was a slight drop in activity today but the market was still rather active as value traded amounted to USD 9.8m. Equity Bank ($2.27m) was the day's top mover as foreigners dominated purchases in the bank while locals dominated sales. A large foreign cross in ARML ($1.65m) helped boost activity in the counter. Safcom ($1.25m) was fairly active as foreign purchases (82.9%) drove the telco 1.5% higher to close the day at KES 13.20.
Mauritius: Semdex -0.24%, USD 1.62m
Some action in the hotels today as 2 of the most active stocks were Lux Island Resorts (Rs40.20) and Sun Resorts (Rs40.20). In the Sem-7, MCBG gained 23bps to Rs218 while SBM fell by 96bps to Rs1.03 and NMH lost 29bps to Rs86.75.
Nigeria: ASI -0.46%, USD 69.32m
It was a mammoth day in Lagos from an activity point of view thanks to a number of chunky crosses in a few of the big names as total value traded amounted to $69.32m. Zenith Bank ($18.85m) was the most active name on the day and released Q1 2014 numbers just ahead of the close. There was also some heavy activity in Nestle ($15.44m), FBNH ($12.61m) and NB ($9.87m). There was some form of profit taking in banking stocks as the index fell -0.40% with GTB (-2.39%) and Access (-1.44%) weighing on the sector. Consumers (-0.49%) also closed the day lower thanks to the likes of Dangote Sugar (-3.04%) and NB (-1.33%).
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials +1.73%, Mining +1.22%, USD 13.26m
It was a great day in Harare as value traded amounted to USD 13.26m thanks to two special bargains in Seedco totalling USD 12.67m. There was some activity in Delta ($408k) while Econet ($33k) was rather quiet. The market closed the day higher with the Industrial Index gaining +1.73%.
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
10.63 |
-1.34 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
161.05 |
-0.46 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
86.95 |
-0.75 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
29.95 |
+0.33 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
8.79 |
-0.61 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1643.00 |
-3.23 |
|
Uganda |
TZSUGX |
2513.00 |
+0.68 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
680.50 |
-0.66 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
2.80 |
-15.18 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
477.61 |
+0.85 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
6.99 |
-0.69 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
8.13 |
+0.66 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.59 |
+3.21 |
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