Movers & Shakers: August 11, 2017


Botswana: DCI unch, USD 68k

Another quiet day to end the week in Gaborone today

Kenya: NSE 20 +1.9%, USD 13.6m

Turnover increased by 581%, closing on a positive note, with KNCB ($4.8m), SAFCOM ($4.5m) and EQBNK ($1.1m) the most active names on the day. Foreign participation was up to 86% from 55%.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.16%, USD 6.49m

A very impressive day in Port Louis today as market turnover amounted to Rs215m. Winhold limited acquired CMPL (unch, Rs9.52), 14m shares changing hands. MCBG (-0.04%, Rs270.00) and SBMH (unch, Rs7.80) the only other names worth mentioning and the later being dominated by foreign cross.

Nigeria: ASI +0.25%, USD 17.25m

The market had a positive end to the week, with all indices closing positive bar the insurance sector. Foreign block trades in Guaranty ($6.7m, -1.15%) and Zenith ($3.2m, -1.04%) dominated the action on the day.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.16%, USD 448k

The week closed on a lower note with the lion’s share of the trading going though in Seedco ($364k). The industrial index continues to grind higher.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

13.4318

2.2527

Nigeria

NGN

365.2

-13.6555

Kenya

KES

103.85

-1.33

Mauritius

MUR

33.2375

8.22

Botswana

BWP

10.2882

3.7393

Tanzania

TZS

2238.4

-2.382

Uganda

UGX

3607.5

-0.3049

Rwanda

RWF

833.2305

-1.3478

Ghana

GHS

4.43

-7.2235

BRVM

XOF

558.082

12.8744

Egypt

EGP

17.781

1.9346

Morocco

MAD

9.417

7.5294

Tunisia

TND

2.4034

-4.8595

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