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Movers & Shakers: April 27, 2015
Botswana: DCI +1.24%, USD 3.1m
A big start to the week in Gaborone as consumer lender Letshego accounted for the bulk of activity. The counter traded a total of 10.6m shares to close unchanged at 260t.
Kenya: NSE 20 -0.10%, USD 4.5m
The downward trend continued on the market. Large caps EABL, KCB and Safaricom were the most actively traded names as the counters accounted for 52.1% of activity. Foreign investors were net sellers in Safaricom with the stock closing down 1.2% at KES17.10 whilst EABL and KCB closed the session at KES320 (+0.3%) and KES63 (unch) respectively.
Mauritius: Semdex +0.31%, USD 1.6m
SBM accounted for 75.9% of total turnover. The counter gained 2.3% in the session to close at Rs0.90 after trading a mammoth 49.7m shares. MCBG closed the day unchanged at Rs198 on the back of 27k shares traded.
Nigeria: ASI -0.49%, USD 11.0m
A dire start to the week as turnover amounted to a paltry $11m. The banking and Consumer indices closed soft, shedding 0.17% and 1.18% respectively. FBNH (-1.05%, N10.39), UBA (-4.14%), Diamond Bank (-3.20%, N4.54) and Sterling Bank (-4.66%, N2.25) were among the biggest losers in the banking names whilst consumer laggards included Nestle (-3.48%, N915), Intbrew (-0.97%, N21.49) and Guinness (-4.74%, N160.04). Noteworthy winners were GTB (+1.85%, N28.63), Wapco (+0.54%, N93.50) and NB (+0.66%, N152).
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.30%, USD 210k
Thin trades were seen across the board. The most noticeable trades were recorded in CBZ (unch, 10c) and Econet (unch, 49c), trading a total of 720k and 107k shares respectively. Delta emerged as the sessions worst performer as the counter closed down by 0.94% at 105c after trading a total of 21k shares.
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
12.05 |
-4.00 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
199.04 |
-7.83 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
94.25 |
-3.87 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
35.80 |
-11.31 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
9.90 |
-3.96 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1976.40 |
-12.32 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
3000.00 |
-7.63 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
707.60 |
-2.51 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
3.84 |
-16.32 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
606.85 |
-10.65 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.62 |
-6.23 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
9.90 |
-8.34 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.94 |
-4.26 |
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