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Movers & Shakers: August 11, 2015


Botswana: DCI -0.07%, USD 2.06m

Another decent day in Gaborone as turnover amounted to $2.06m thanks once again to some action in Choppies as 3.25m shares changed hands.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.80%, USD 9.7m

Some chunky foreign action in EABL was the highlight of a fairly active session. The brewer gained 1% to KES313.00. Safcom also saw a mix of local and foreign activity while it closed 1% higher at KES15.50. BATK saw a chunky cross at KES790.00 (local seller, foreign buyer). In the banks we saw KNCB close unchanged at KES49.50 and Equity Bank gain 60bps to KES43.00.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.11%, USD 1.16m

A slightly better day in Port Louis as total value traded amounted to $1.16m with a little bit of activity in SBMH (15.6m shares) and MCBG (44k shares).

Nigeria: ASI -0.50%, USD 14.6m

Yet another dull day in Lagos with a couple of crosses lighting up the skies. Banks closed 45bps higher with trades mostly focused on GTB (+99bps, N24.49), UBA (-1.96%, N4.00), Zenith (+2.10%, N16.54) and Access (-2.31%, N4.65). Consumers fell by 93bps although the sector still remains fairly dull. There was 1 cross in Nestle (+1.76%, N865.00) and some more mild activity in NB (-4.18%, N126.00). Oando also saw some decent activity from the locals (-81bps, N12.20).

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

Zimbabwe: Market closed for the day.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

12.79

-9.57

Nigeria

NGN

199.25

-7.93

Kenya

KES

101.02

-10.16

Mauritius

MUR

35.62

-10.88

Botswana

BWP

10.13

-6.04

Tanzania

TZS

2107.00

-17.75

Uganda

UGX

3540.00

-21.72

Rwanda

RWF

754.00

-8.51

Ghana

GHS

3.90

-17.50

BRVM

XOF

598.22

-9.35

Egypt

EGP

7.82

-8.57

Morocco

MAD

9.78

-7.31

Tunisia

TND

1.95

-4.92

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