Movers & Shakers: November 03, 2017


Botswana: DCI +0.02%, USD 528k

An average day on the bourse as turnover amounted to a $528k. Letshego accounted for the bulk of activity as the counter traded a total of 1.96m shares to close unchanged at 197t. The was small activity across the board.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.62%, USD 3.48m

Market turnover on the Nairobi bouse declined by approximately 63% from yesterday’s session with foreigners assuming 66.2% of today’s buying and 61.1% of selling. Safcom (KES25.50) was the only ticker to break the $1m mark advancing 0.99% after releasing its H1 2018 results, while Eqiuty (-1.23%, KES40.25), Kenya Re (-3.53%, KES20.50) and KNCB (+1.22%, KES41.50) were the only other names worth mentioning.

Mauritius: Semdex: +.0.01%, USD 660k

Activity in Port Louis today was dominated by a cross of ALTEO which traded 200k shares at Rs31.50 (-1.6%). MCBG (+0.4, Rs276.00) traded thin volume while on the other hand, SBMH (unch, Rs7.40) traded 263k shares, 160k of that being foreign sales.

Nigeria: ASI +0.17%, USD 10.2m

Slightly bearish sentiments prevailed to end the week on the bourse with the financial sector retreating 0.42% and the consumers advancing 1.01%. FBNH (-0.84%, N7.05), Intbrew (-4.37, N46.85), UBA (-1.00%, N9.90) and GTB (-1.69%, N41.21) were the major movers on a semi-decent day in Lagos.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.21%, USD 7.65m

The bulk of today’s action traded in Econet @1.82, OML @14.30 and Innscor @1.6592. There was also some small action in Barclays and Delta, while the rest of the market was quiet. The industrial index closed the week higher on the back of gains in Delta, Edgars and OKZim while the mining index retreated 0.14 points with RioZim trading weaker.

African Currencies

                       
  AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE     CURRENCIES  
                       
  Country Index 3-Nov-17 YTD %     Country Notation 3-Nov-17 YTD %  
  Botswana DCI 8907.92 -8.17%     Botswana BWP 10.57 1.28  
  Egypt CASE 30 14319.34 16.00%     Egypt EGP 17.64 2.72  
  Kenya NSE 20 3800.43 19.28%     Ghana GHS 4.43 -7.12  
  Malawi MASI 20,280.70 -12.47%     Kenya KES 103.65 -1.14  
  Mauritius SEMDEX 2197.79 21.53%     Morocco MAD 9.52 6.42  
    SEM 10 420.26 21.80%     Mauritius MUR 34.30 4.87  
  Morocco MASI 12381.14 6.33%     Nigeria NGN 360.40 -12.51  
  Nigeria NSI 36939.59 37.45%     Rwanda RWF 852.00 -3.52  
  Tanzania TSI 3833.73 4.24%     Tunisia TND 2.51 -7.89  
  Rwanda RSI 133.48 4.89%     Tanzania TZS 2,428.70 -10.19  
  Uganda USE ALSI 1748.40 18.34%     Uganda UGX 3,649.47 -1.45  
  Zambia LUSE All Share 5107.74 22.83%     BRVM XOF 583.22 8.01  
  Zimbabwe Industrial Index 525.63 261.01%     South Africa ZAR 14.21 -3.28  
    Mining Index 140.50 140.13%     Zimbabwe *OMIR 5.65 314.15  
              *Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate      

 

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