Movers & Shakers: October 16, 2017


Botswana: DCI +0.03%, USD 46.41k

The little volume the stock exchange experience was divided mostly across 2 names, BIHL ($32k) and BTCL ($12k) accounting for 98% of the market.

Kenya: NSE20 -0.7%, USD 8m

The market saw foreign participation increase from 57% the previous day to 67% with Safaricom (-1.01%, KES24.50) accounting for about 50% of turnover. KNCB (unch, 37.00) and EQBNK (unch, 36.00) were the other names that dominated the action.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.06%, USD 100k

The Semdex weakened with a minor Rs33m changing hands on the bourse. SBM (-0.5%, Rs7.74) once again fighting a valiant fight being 32% of total market turnover. The little movement that took place on the stock exchange was stretched between ENL (-0.8%, Rs43.50), IBL (unch, Rs45.60), and Phoenix Beverages (+1.2%, 506.00).

Nigeria: ASI -0.82%, USD 13.3m

The market saw a bit of profit taking as all sectors ended the day in the red. Crosses in Guaranty (-0.95%, N41.70), Dangcem (-1.78, N220), Zenith (+0.57%, N26.45) and Nestle (-3.26%, N1,200) dominated the turnover on the day.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.85%, USD 4.40m

The upward momentum continues in Harare as industrial index closed +0.85% higher sustained by gains in Hippo (5%), Natfoods (8%), Nampak (20%) and ZBFH (14%). Econet ($1.28m) and Delta ($1.32m) continued to dominate the market accounting for 64% of turnover. There was also some decent action Padenga, OML and PPC.

African Currencies

                       
  AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE     CURRENCIES  
                       
  Country Index 17-Oct-17 YTD %     Country Notation 17-Oct-17 YTD %  
  Botswana DCI 8917.51 -8.07%     Botswana BWP 10.29 4.06  
  Egypt CASE 30 13525.48 9.57%     Egypt EGP 17.66 2.60  
  Kenya NSE 20 3597.85 12.92%     Ghana GHS 4.40 -6.54  
  Malawi MASI 19219.39 44.28%     Kenya KES 103.30 -0.80  
  Mauritius SEMDEX 2210.44 22.23%     Morocco MAD 9.46 7.08  
    SEM 10 424.28 22.97%     Mauritius MUR 33.98 5.86  
  Morocco MASI 12354,93 #VALUE!     Nigeria NGN 356.39 -11.52  
  Nigeria NSI 36669.61 36.45%     Rwanda RWF 851.50 -3.46  
  Tanzania TSI 3867.00 5.14%     Tunisia TND 2.49 -7.12  
  Rwanda RSI 129.18 1.51%     Tanzania TZS 2,233.84 -2.37  
  Uganda USE ALSI 1664.78 12.68%     Uganda UGX 3,652.12 -1.52  
  Zambia LUSE All Share 3825.00 -8.02%     BRVM XOF 574.14 9.73  
  Zimbabwe Industrial Index 517.02 255.10%     South Africa ZAR 13.45 2.08  
    Mining Index 134.48 129.84%     Zimbabwe *OMIR 5.41 296.70  
              *Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate  
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