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Movers & Shakers: February 04, 2016
Botswana: DCI -0.22%, USD 3.7m
Some action today highlighted by crosses in Choppies (420t) and Sefalana (1335t).
Kenya: NSE 20 -0.51%, USD 7.0m
Another relatively active day in Nairobi as EABL once again dominated proceedings. The brewer continued to gain and closed +1.9% on foreign interest as 1.03m shares changed hands. Safcom (-2.7%) ended lower on foreign selling after yesterday's good run with 11.7m shares traded on the day. The two major banking stocks ended mixed with KNCB gaining +1.3% while EQBNK closed the day -0.6% lower.
Mauritius: Semdex -0.07%, USD 870k
The Semdex ended the day slightly in the red despite MCBG continuing to rise (+20bps, Rs209.50). The only volume took place in MCBG with the rest of the market extremely dull.
Nigeria: ASI -0.38%, USD 18.7m
It was once again all about Wema Bank today as another $2bn shares crossed in the market with total value traded in the name amounting to $11.8m. The rest of the market was extremely quiet with only Forte Oil ($1.05m) breaking the $1m mark. Banks managed to close the day higher with the sector gaining +1.07% thanks to ETI (+3.27%) and GTB (+2.32%). Consumer (-1.53%) closed the day lower with pressure on 7UP (-5.00%) and Nestle (-5.00%).
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.53%, USD 654k
Finally a respite for the bruised and battered ZSE as the index finally gained some ground. The main action was in Delta (52.16c) and Innscor (19.75c).
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
15.79 |
-2.08 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
198.5 |
0.40 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
102.14 |
0.08 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
35.95 |
-0.28 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
11.30 |
-0.90 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
2185.00 |
-1.63 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
3465.00 |
-2.68 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
746.14 |
-0.15 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
3.98 |
-4.40 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
598.44 |
3.35 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.83 |
0.02 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
9.73 |
2.13 |
|
Tunisia |
TNF |
2.01 |
1.55 |
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