Market
Commentary
- African Footprint
- Movers & Shakers
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- Apr 2017
- Mar 2017
- Feb 2017
- Jan 2017
- Dec 2016
- Nov 2016
- Oct 2016
- Sep 2016
- Aug 2016
- Jul 2016
- Jun 2016
- May 2016
- Apr 2016
- Mar 2016
- Feb 2016
- Jan 2016
- Dec 2015
- Nov 2015
- Oct 2015
- Sep 2015
- Aug 2015
- Jul 2015
- Jun 2015
- May 2015
- Apr 2015
- April 30, 2015
- April 29, 2015
- April 28, 2015
- April 27, 2015
- April 24, 2015
- April 23, 2015
- April 22, 2015
- April 21, 2015
- April 20, 2015
- April 17, 2015
- April 16, 2015
- April 15, 2015
- April 14, 2015
- April 13, 2015
- April 10, 2015
- April 09, 2015
- April 08, 2015
- April 07, 2015
- April 02, 2015
- April 01, 2015
- Mar 2015
- Feb 2015
- Jan 2015
- Dec 2014
- Nov 2014
- Oct 2014
- Sep 2014
- Aug 2014
- Jul 2014
- Jun 2014
- May 2014
- Apr 2014
- Mar 2014
- Feb 2014
- Jan 2014
- Movers & Shakers Archive
- Fixed Income
- Research and Publications
Movers & Shakers: April 28, 2015
Botswana: DCI +0.21%, USD 53.9k
The market was quiet.
Kenya: NSE 20 -0.03%, USD 5.2m
There was a slight improvement in activity as foreigners returned to the market (foreign participation increased to 58.7% compared to 53.7% in the previous session). EABL (-0.3%, KES319), Britam (-2.2%, KES21.75) Equity Bank (unch, KES49.50) and Safaricom (+0.6%, KES17.20) were the most actively traded names in the session. Centum was the days top performer as the counter closed up by 1.6% at KES62 whilst Uchumi (-4.2%, KES 10.20) was amongst the leading losers.
Mauritius: Semdex +0.39%, USD 400k
SBM was the most actively traded counter as 52.7m shares traded in the name. The counter closed strong at RS0.92 (2.2%) although most trades were executed at Rs0.91. MCBG closed up by 0.5% at Rs199 as a total of 252k shares were traded in the name.
Nigeria: ASI -0.55%, USD 14.2m
Activity in the market was subdued as foreign participation remains scarce - this trend may continue until new government takes over on the 29 th of May 2015. The Banking index retreated by 1.12% due to losses in FBNH (-3.75%, N10), UBA (-3.53%, N4.92), Zenith Bank (-1.82, N21.60 and Access Bank (-3.04, N6.06). The Consumer index also closed down by 0.70% on the back of measly volumes in most names. PZ and Guinness were the top sector performers closing strong at N30 (0.50%) and N160.28 (0.15%) respectively.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.43%, USD 210k
It was a quiet session which saw some pockets of activity in CBZH (unch, 10c) and Econet (unch, 49c) , trading a total of 360k and 179k shares respectively. Delta closed flat at 105c on the back of 38k shares traded.
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
11.86 |
-2.45 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
199.18 |
-7.90 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
94.45 |
-4.08 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
35.65 |
-10.94 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
9.81 |
-3.04 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1970.00 |
-12.03 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
3000.00 |
-7.63 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
707.60 |
-2.51 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
3.85 |
-16.43 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
600.00 |
-9.66 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.63 |
-6.28 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
9.82 |
-7.66 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.94 |
-3.59 |
- Kenya +254 (714) 646 406
- South Africa +27 (11) 243 9030
- Nigeria +234 (1) 342 9185
