Movers & Shakers: November 22, 2016


Botswana: DCI -0.08%, USD 621k

Botswana: DCI -0.08%, USD 621k

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.50%, USD 4.2m

Another average day in Nairobi as Safcom (-0.3%) once again dominated proceedings and accounted for more than half of total market turnover. Both major banking stocks KNCB and EQBNK closed the day unchanged on low volume while EABL was dead quiet.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.12%, USD 1.4m

The Mauritian bourse ticked marginally lower again today on turnover of $1.4m. Activity was mixed on the Sem-10 board with red numbers for MCBG (-10bps, Rs214.25) and Alteo (-2.1%, Rs27.50). SBMH closed up 60bps at Rs6.94.

Nigeria: ASI -0.14%, USD 3.7m

Groundhog day in Lagos with not a single name breaking the $1m mark with crosses in NB ($924k), Nestle ($864k) and Unilever ($517k) the only names with any semblance of activity. Banking stocks closed +0.05% higher on tiny volume while consumers (-0.02%) closed marginally lower. On the economic front, the MPC kept the MPR at 14% as expected.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.69%, USD 149k

The ZSE continues on its unabated rally although today there was scant activity.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

14.12

9.54

Nigeria

NGN

315.69

-36.87

Kenya

KES

101.87

0.42

Mauritius

MUR

35.91

-0.17

Botswana

BWP

10.78

4.15

Tanzania

TZS

2180.50

-1.43

Uganda

UGX

3612.50

-6.66

Rwanda

RWF

811.79

-8.23

Ghana

GHS

4.02

-5.42

BRVM

XOF

621.16

-0.43

Egypt

EGP

17.55

-55.39

Morocco

MAD

10.07

-1.38

Tunisia

TNF

2.30

-11.19

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