Movers & Shakers: December 09, 2015


Botswana: BSE +0.04%, USD 254k

Some activity in Sefalana the only name worth mentioning as 111k shares traded in the counter while the rest of the market was very quiet.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.19%, USD 6.3m

A rather average day in terms of activity as foreigners continue to dominate proceedings with total value traded amounting to $6.3m. EABL (+0.4%) was the most active counter on the day as 1m shares traded in the brewer. The two major banking stocks ended the day mixed with KNCB closing unchanged and EQBNK falling -1.2% on 2.5m shares and 995k shares respectively. Not musch on the go in Safcom (+0.9%) as 4.1m shares traded in the telco.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.27%, USD 2m

Some chunky crossing took place in NMH (-60bps, Rs17.40) today which really helped overall turnover as the rest of the market was extremely quiet. In terms of tourist arrivals we saw an 11% increase in arrivals for Nov 2015.

Nigeria: ASI -1.92%, USD 12m

Things slowed own again in Lagos with turnover amounting to a dull $12m with some activity in Zenith ($4.2m) and GTB ($1.7m) the only names worth mentioning. Banks came under some pressure with the sector falling -1.06% thanks to Zenith (-2.44%) and GTB (-1.96%). Consumers (-0.59%) were also weaker as Cadbury (-4.98%) and Dangote Flour (-4.59%) were amongst the worst performers.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.01%, USD 2m

Another decent day of activity in Harare thanks to action in Econet (18c) and Delta (72c) while the rest of the market remains uneventful.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

14.55

-20.49

Nigeria

NGN

199.21

-7.91

Kenya

KES

102.00

-11.15

Mauritius

MUR

36.10

-12.05

Botswana

BWP

10.86

-12.42

Tanzania

TZS

2,162.00

-19.84

Uganda

UGX

3,310.00

-16.28

Rwanda

RWF

761.50

-9.41

Ghana

GHS

3.82

-15.82

BRVM

XOF

607.83

-10.83

Egypt

EGP

7.81

-8.52

Morocco

MAD

9.84

-7.82

Tunisia

TND

2.01

-7.45

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