Movers & Shakers: June 22, 2015


Botswana: DCI -0.05%, USD 215k

Not much on the go at the moment.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.04%, USD 4.7m

The market opened the week on a low note as foreigners accounted for 32.6% of total turnover. Foreign interests were mainly aligned with EABL on both sides as the counter closed down 0.3% after 552.4k shares were exchanged in the name. Other movers included Safaricom (+1.9%, KES16.35), KCB (-0.9%, KES56) and Centum (+0.8%, KES66). BAT shed its previous week gains after the name closed down by 4.2% at KES701.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.07%, USD 1.5m

Main movers included MCB, SBM and IBL which accounted for 74.7% of total market turnover. MCB gained 0.2% at Rs217 on the back of 70.9k shares traded whilst SBM closed flat at the Rs0.92 levels after 15.6m shares were exchanged in the name.

Nigeria: ASI +0.38%, USD 19.3m

After a really dull start to the week we saw activity pick up throughout the day. Banks gained 60bps with the bulk of the action taking place in Zenith (+15bps, N19.50) as more than 97m shares changed hands in the name. Zenith accounted for about half the total daily turnover. Consumers also gained 72bps led higher by NB (+1.72%, N150.57) and Unilever (+1.11%, N45.50). There was some action in Dangcem (+29bps, N175.50) and Oando (unch, N15.90).

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.69%, USD 191k

The market remains subdued, main movers included the likes of Econet, Innscor and Old Mutual.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

12.10

-4.38

Nigeria

NGN

198.40

-7.54

Kenya

KES

98.60

-8.11

Mauritius

MUR

35.15

-9.68

Botswana

BWP

9.82

-3.28

Tanzania

TZS

2218.75

-21.89

Uganda

UGX

3301.50

-16.07

Rwanda

RWF

707.49

-2.50

Ghana

GHS

4.39

-26.71

BRVM

XOF

578.17

-6.24

Egypt

EGP

7.62

-6.16

Morocco

MAD

9.62

-5.67

Tunisia

TND

1.92

-2.96

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