A better day in Gaborone thanks to crosses in Turnstar (3.81m shares) and Choppies (1.84m shares) as turnover amounted to $1.63m.
An absolutely mammoth day in Nairobi today as total value traded amounted to a very impressive $34.8m thanks to a large local cross of KNCB as 23.43m shares changed hands in the name. There was also quite a bit of local activity in EQBNK as 13.05m shares traded over the day. There was some foreign activity in Safcom as 45.89m shares traded with the telco falling -0.4%. Local investors drove proceedings in Diamond Trust Bank as 660k shares traded.
A very dull day in Port Louis as turnover amounted to $520k with market heavyweights MCBG and SBMH very quiet.
Another slow day in Lagos as turnover amounted to $18.2m with some activity in the likes of FBNH ($3.12m), GTB ($2.88m), Zenith ($1.66m) and Nestle ($1.49m). Banks took another beating with the Index falling -2.76% thanks to UBA (-4.74%), FBNH (-4.43%), Zenith (-3.41%) and GTB (-2.72%). Consumers (-1.18%) were also under pressure with NB (-3.34%) and Unilever (-2.94%) dragging the sector lower. Market heavyweight DangCem closed -3.96% lower.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
An extremely slow day in Harare as turnover amoutned to $356k with some small activity in DAWN ($144k) the only name worth mentioning while the market closed lower with the Industrial Index falling -0.14%.
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
South Africa |
ZAR |
11.66 |
-10.08 |
Nigeria |
NGN |
180.64 |
-11.26 |
Kenya |
KES |
90.60 |
-4.75 |
Mauritius |
MUR |
31.45 |
-4.45 |
Botswana |
BWP |
9.47 |
-7.83 |
Tanzania |
TZS |
1717.10 |
-7.37 |
Uganda |
UGX |
2785.00 |
-9.26 |
Rwanda |
RWF |
693.97 |
-2.59 |
Ghana |
GHS |
3.222 |
-26.24 |
BRVM |
XOF |
526.47 |
-8.77 |
Egypt |
EGP |
7.14 |
-2.73 |
Morocco |
MAD |
8.80 |
-7.10 |
Tunisia |
TND |
1.83 |
-10.55 |