Movers & Shakers: April 29, 2015


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Botswana: DCI +0.02%, USD 270k

The market remains quiet

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.12%, USD 9.3m

The index closed the session in positive territory on the back of improved turnover (rose 79.8%). Top mover of the day was Safaricom (accounted for 50.8% of turnover) as local demand drove the counter 0.6% higher. Other movers included CFC Stanbic (unch, KES124), KCB (-0.8%, KES62) and Equity Bank (unch, KES49.50). Centum rose 3.2% to close at KES64 after seeing through days of negative sentiments.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.48%, USD 300k

MCBG and SBM remained firm during the session to close up by 0.6% and 2.2% respectively. SBM traded a total of 52.3m shares to close at Rs0.94 on the back of sustained demand for the name whilst MCBG traded a total of 279k shares to close at Rs200.25. Other counters closed the session unchanged.

Nigeria: ASI -0.23%, USD 15.9m

Market turnover improved but activity still remains below average. Top value trades included GTB (-1.39%, N28.30), Zenith Bank (-3.24%, N20.90), Wapco (+0.55%, N94.01) and NB (+0.61%, N151.18) contributing $1.85m, $1.96m, $1.77m and $1.03m respectively. The Banking index lost 1.52% whilst the Consumer index closed the day on a positive note, gaining 0.56% on the back of gains in sector heavyweights Nestle (+2.73%, N940) , NB and Guinness (+2.32%, N164).

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.01%, USD 633k

CBZ (unch, 10c), Ok Zim (unch, 11c) and Old Mutual (unch, 251c) were the significant contributors of the day, contributing $101k, $126k and $104k respectively. Most of the counters closed the day unchanged.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.75

-1.57

Nigeria

NGN

199.00

-7.81

Kenya

KES

94.55

-4.18

Mauritius

MUR

35.25

-9.93

Botswana

BWP

9.77

-2.62

Tanzania

TZS

2015.00

-14.00

Uganda

UGX

2988.00

-7.26

Rwanda

RWF

690.49

-0.10

Ghana

GHS

3.84

-16.32

BRVM

XOF

592.43

-8.50

Egypt

EGP

7.62

-6.22

Morocco

MAD

9.75

-6.93

Tunisia

TND

1.92

-3.12

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