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Movers & Shakers: August 17, 2017
Botswana: DCI unch, USD 315k
Not a bad day in Gaborone with Stanchart ($270k) being the lion’s share of the market and BTCL ($34k) the only two counters worth mentioning on the bourse.
Kenya: NSE 20 -0.6%, USD 5.4m
Turnover was down 50.5% from previous day with Equity (-1.1%, KES43.25) lead the way in Nairobi on the back of foreign trading. Other counters worth noting KCB (-1.7%, KES44.00) and Co-op (-0.6%, KES17.45) after reporting PBT decline by 11.3% y/y in 1H17. Foreign participation on the day was up 65.6% from 53.9%.
Mauritius: Semdex+0.26%, USD 990k
A quieter day in Port Louis with MCBG (unch, Rs268) accounting for to 50.1% activity. SBM gained 0.3% to close at Rs7.88.
Nigeria: ASI +0.59%, USD 15.22m
Once again it was all about the banks with foreign buying (and local selling) in the Tier 1 names most evident, with the likes Nestle (-0.82%, N1210.00), Guaranty (unch, N37.10), Dangcem (+2.71%, N219.80) and Zenith (+2.27%, N23.01) seeing some decent crossing. The financial sector was up 0.06% and consumers inched slightly higher albeit on small volumes.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Tanzania: DSEI -16.75%, USD 74k
A quiet day in Dar today with the most active stock in the market being CRDB which closed at TZS200 with $53k exchanging hands. TBL (TZS13000) and Vodacom (TZS900) traded on small volumes throughout the day.
Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.24%, USD 1.1m
Some activity in NMBZ (4.20c, $726k) accounting for 63% of the market and Seed Co (151.00c, $219k) the only names worth mentioning in Harare.
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
13.1728 |
4.3114 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
360.75 |
-12.5904 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
103.4 |
-0.90 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
33.4698 |
7.47 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
10.2147 |
4.3803 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
2228.55 |
-2.1337 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
3600 |
-0.0972 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
845 |
-2.7219 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
4.415 |
-6.9083 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
562.1931 |
12.049 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
17.7425 |
2.1558 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
9.4367 |
7.3095 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
2.4138 |
-4.2894 |
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