Movers & Shakers: March 27, 2015


Botswana: Data not Available

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.20%, USD 11.0m

A solid day to end the week in Nairobi with turnover amounting to $11m as foreigners (71.2%) dominated proceedings. KNCB was very active thanks to a large cross early on (foreign both sides) as a total of 7.7m shares traded over the day. EABL (-0.3%) closed lower as foreigners dominating both sides of the name with 481k shares changing hands in the brewer. EQBNK was very strong and gained +2.5% on the back of local buying while Safcom (+0.9%) also closed higher on local demand.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.28%, USD 4.7m

Indices closed the session in positive territory. MCBG traded a total of 241k shares closing off strong at Rs198.50 (+0.3%). SBM closed the session flat at Rs0.98 after trading 12.6m shares. Total turnover was mainly geared towards MCBG and NMH- accounting 79.8%. NMH traded 1.3m shares as the counter closed up by 4.7% at Rs67.00.

Nigeria: ASI +1.63%, USD 22.3m

A rather average end to the week ahead of the general elections over the weekend as turnover amounted to $22.3m with some crosses in the likes of Zenith ($3.32m), GTB ($3.07m), UBA ($3.02m) and NB ($2.42m). Banks had a very good day as the sector gained +3.58% with good performances from GTB (+5.00%), Zenith (+4.54%) and Access (+4.25%). Consumers (+0.75%) also closed higher thanks to Unilever (+4.99%) and Dangote Flour (+1.09%).

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

Industrials

The market closed the week off on a quiet note. Econet was the only counter which made a significant contribution- 94% of total turnover. The counter traded a total of 718k shares to close at 51c, apart from this the market saw thin trades.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.95

-3.44

Nigeria

NGN

199.05

-7.84

Kenya

KES

92.15

-1.74

Mauritius

MUR

36.50

-13.01

Botswana

BWP

9.88

-3.43

Tanzania

TZS

1848.20

-6.32

Uganda

UGX

2975.00

-6.70

Rwanda

RWF

700.16

-1.48

Ghana

GHS

3.82

-15.77

BRVM

XOF

604.77

-10.37

Egypt

EGP

7.58

-5.64

Morocco

MAD

9.87

-8.06

Tunisia

TND

1.94

-4.28

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