Movers & Shakers: November 11, 2014


Botswana: DSE -0.05%, USD 44k

Another dull day in Gaborone with nothing to report as turnover amounted to $44k.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.79%, USD 4.5m

Another quiet day in Nairobi as foreign investors remain largely absent. The top traded stock was the little known I&M Bank after a chunky local cross in the name. Second most active stock was Bamburi. The large cap names were very dull, Safcom closing marginally higher at KES13.00 while Equity bank gained 50bps to KES49.50. KNCB was extremely quiet after released Q3 results earlier in the day.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.19%, USD 3.21m

An extremely active day in Port Louis as turnover amounted to a very impressive $3.21m thanks to large crosses in MCBG (263k shares) and SBMH (19.46m shares) while there was also some activity in the likes of Terra (101k shares) and NMH (25k shares).

Nigeria: ASI +1.31%, USD 22.2m

The Lagos bourse extended its bull run for the second consecutive day. Banks were incredibly strong (+2.88%) with all banking names closing in the green. As usual Tier 1 names led the way with some chunky volumes changing hands in GTB (+1.44%, N24.60), FBNH (+10.14%, N10.54) and Zenith (+33bps, N21.07). Consumers were also very strong (+4.86%) with some decent activity in NB (+5%, N156.89) and Nestle (+7.56%, N925.00). Cements finally showed some signs of resilience as Wapco closed 1.97% higher at N78.10.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.24%, USD 1.34m

A better day in Harare thanks to a cross in OK Zim ($1.17m) as total value traded amounted to $1.34m while the market closed the day lower with the Industrial Index falling -0.24%.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.25

-6.78

Nigeria

NGN

168.40

-4.31

Kenya

KES

90.00

-4.11

Mauritius

MUR

31.60

-4.91

Botswana

BWP

9.32

-6.08

Tanzania

TZS

1711.50

-7.10

Uganda

UGX

2715.00

-6.92

Rwanda

RWF

693.76

-2.56

Ghana

GHS

3.22

-26.38

BRVM

XOF

530.64

-9.55

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.84

Morocco

MAD

8.87

-7.73

Tunisia

TND

1.83

-10.56

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