Movers & Shakers: December 29, 2014


Botswana: DCI -0.03%, USD 38k

Absolutely nothing to report on from Botswana.

Kenya: NSE 20 +1.56%, USD 28m

There were some massive local crosses in the like of Carbacid, EABL and Safcom which distorts the real market activity as general trading was rather subdued. In normal trading we saw some action in Safcom (+30bps, KES14.05) and KNCB (+1.7%, KES58.50) while the bulk of the day was quiet.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.13%, USD 385k

As expected it was a very quiet day in Port Louis. The only real action took place in BBCL (+2.65%, Rs6.98) while MCBG (unch, Rs198.00) and SBMH (+99bps, Rs1.02) were quiet.

Nigeria: ASI +0.68%, USD 25.6m

After a quiet start the market got more lively into the close. Banks continued on their good run as the sector gained 1.99% led higher by GTB (+5%, N26.26) while most of the activity took place in GTB, Zenith (+1.95%, N19.85) and FBNH (-2.15%, N 9.10). Consumers were also strong as they gained 2.48% with strength across most of the sector.Activity was again focused on Nestle (+6.96%, N995) and NB (+1bp, N161.00). Dangcem saw some nice activity although the name lost 1.45% to N193.79 while there was also decent activity in Seplat (+10.25%, N355.12), Oando (-4.86%, N19.00) and Forte Oil (+6.19%, N227.25).

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.06%, USD 95k

Nothing notable to report from Harare.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.61

-9.65

Nigeria

NGN

182.50

-12.16

Kenya

KES

90.75

-4.90

Mauritius

MUR

31.73

-5.29

Botswana

BWP

9.57

+9.43

Tanzania

TZS

1708.00

-6.91

Uganda

UGX

2770.00

-8.77

Rwanda

RWF

694.21

-2.62

Ghana

GHS

3.22

-26.24

BRVM

XOF

540.80

-11.23

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.84

Morocco

MAD

9.00

-9.09

Tunisia

TND

1.86

-11.57

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