Another solid day in Gaborone thanks to a large cross in Choppies (2.73m shares) as turnover amounted to $1.36m while the rest of the market was quiet.
Activity picked up today as turnover amounted to $11.1m thanks to an increase in foreign participation (61.9%). A few large foreign crosses in EABL dominated proceedings as 709k shares changed hands with the brewer closing -0.9% lower. EQBNK closed unchanged on some decent volume as 3.54m shares traded. Local selling put pressure on Centum as the name fell -0.8% on 2.51m shares. Safcom was rather quiet today with some foreigners taking profit as the telco closed -2.3% lower.
Another active day in Lagos as turnover amounted to $37.01m with some big crosses in the likes of GTB ($9.74m), Nestle ($8.31m), FBNH ($4.84m), ETI ($3.28m) and NB ($3.06m). Banks closed the day lower with the Index falling -1.28% as UBA (-2.66%), GTB (-2.67%) and Access (-2.03%) dragged the sector lower. Consumers (-2.93%) took strain as the likes of PZ Cussons (-6.21%), Guinness (-5.00%) and NB (-5.00%) came under pressure. Cements were also weak as DangCem and WAPCO fell -3.82% and -1.04% respectively.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Activity returned somewhat to the Harare bourse. The bulk of the action took place in Seedco (97c) followed by Econet (64.5c) and Old Mutual (240c).
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
South Africa |
ZAR |
11.55 |
-9.25 |
Nigeria |
NGN |
180.00 |
-10.94 |
Kenya |
KES |
90.52 |
-4.66 |
Mauritius |
MUR |
31.65 |
-5.06 |
Botswana |
BWP |
9.41 |
-7.57 |
Tanzania |
TZS |
1738.50 |
-8.54 |
Uganda |
UGX |
2767.70 |
-8.70 |
Rwanda |
RWF |
694.20 |
-2.62 |
Ghana |
GHS |
3.22 |
-26.30 |
BRVM |
XOF |
532.51 |
-9.78 |
Egypt |
EGP |
7.15 |
-2.84 |
Morocco |
MAD |
8.89 |
-7.91 |
Tunisia |
TND |
1.85 |
-11.39 |