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Movers & Shakers: March 06, 2017
Botswana: DCI +0.04% USD 191k
A quiet day in Botswana.
Kenya: NSE 20 +0.04%, USD 2.5m
Another woeful day on the activity front in Nairobi with crosses in EABL ($948k) and KNCB ($825k) the only names showing any form of life. Safcom was weaker on the day with the telco closing -0.6% lower at KES 16.80 on low volume.
Mauritius: Semdex +0.05%, USD 930k
Nothing really exciting to report from Port Louis today. Almost the entire trading turnover (>80%) went through in MCBG with the banking group closing unchanged at Rs226.25.
Nigeria: ASI -1.72%, USD 4.6m
A slow start to the week in Lagos with NB ($1.1m) and Zenith ($1.1m) the only names worth mentioning from an activity point of view. Banking stocks closed the day +0.20% higher thanks to Zenith (+1.05%) and GTB (+0.81%). Consumers (+2.13%) were also stronger thanks to a great performance from Nestle (+9.96%) while NB (+0.89%) was also stronger.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.03%, USD 692k
Interest for ZSE trading remains incredibly muted while sentiment remains soft. Today we saw some action in Simbisa (16.5c) while Econet continues to tumble (13c).
African Currencies
| Country | Notation |
Currency
|
YTD %
|
| South Africa | ZAR | 13.09 | 5.13 |
| Nigeria | NGN | 315.50 | -0.05 |
| Kenya | KES | 102.65 | -0.14 |
| Mauritius | MUR | 35.02 | 2.73 |
| Botswana | BWP | 10.45 | 2.24 |
| Tanzania | TZS | 2235.00 | -2.42 |
| Uganda | UGX | 3597.46 | -0.03 |
| Rwanda | RWF | 825.00 | -0.36 |
| Ghana | GHS | 4.73 | -10.47 |
| BRVM | XOF | 624.96 | 0.80 |
| Egypt | EGP | 16.15 | 12.35 |
| Morocco | MAD | 10.10 | 0.26 |
| Tunisia | TNF | 2.31 | 0.49 |
- Kenya +254 (714) 646 406
- South Africa +27 (11) 243 9030
- Nigeria +234 (1) 342 9185
