Movers & Shakers: April 20, 2017

Botswana: DCI +0.05%, USD 34k

Nothing to report from Gaborone.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.62%, USD 6.9m

Activity continued to tick along in Nairobi thanks to another decent cross in KNCB ($3m) with the buyer being foreign while the seller was local as the name closed +2.26% higher. The was also some decent action in Safcom ($1.6m) as the telco closed -0.26% lower. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics released their economic survey yesterday which saw GDP growth of 5.8% for 2016, up marginally from 5.7% in 2015.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.97%, USD 1.4m

The market finally sprung to life in Port Louis thanks to some action in Phoenix Beverages as 38k shares changed hands while there was also some small activity in MCBG (41k shares).

Nigeria: ASI -0.17%, USD 2.7m

Interest continues to decline in Lagos with not a single name breaking the $1m turnover mark. Banking stocks closed the day -0.31% lower while consumers gained +0.12%, both on tiny volume.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.13%, USD 409k

A better day in Harare but still nothing to get too excited about with some small activity in OK Zim ($220k) the only name worth mentioning.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

13.16

4.41

Nigeria

NGN

306.52

2.87

Kenya

KES

103.44

-0.89

Mauritius

MUR

35.28

1.98

Botswana

BWP

10.42

2.88

Tanzania

TZS

2237.00

-2.50

Uganda

UGX

3613.00

-0.46

Rwanda

RWF

826.83

-0.58

Ghana

GHS

4.17

1.68

BRVM

XOF

611.47

3.01

Egypt

EGP

18.18

-0.21

Morocco

MAD

9.99

1.33

Tunisia

TND

2.37

-2.71
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