Movers & Shakers: August 03, 2016

Botswana: DCI -0.03%, USD 20k

An absolutely dreadful day in Gaborone.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.02%, USD 8.6m

A decent day in Nairobi from an activity point of view thanks once again to some action in Safcom (+1.3%) and EQBNK (+1.3%) as 13m shares and 6.7m shares changed hands in the names respectively with foreign demand driving both counters higher. There was some decent activity in KNRE as the name closed -1.0% lower on local selling pressure as 8.2m shares traded. Unfortunately the rest of the market remains very quiet.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.68%, USD 1.1m

A relatively decent day from an activity point of view in Port Louis thanks once again to MCBG as 108k shares changed hands in the name while there was also a small bit of activity in SBMH as 6.7m shares traded.

Nigeria: ASI -0.52%, USD 7.4m

It was another woeful day in Lagos in terms of turnover with a late cross in GTB ($3.1m) saving face (ever so slightly) for the market while there were no other names that broke the $1m turnover mark. Banking stocks came under pressure with the sector closing -1.04% lower with UBA (-4.82%) being a major drag on the sector. Consumers (-0.23%) also closed the day in negative territory with NB (-0.44%) closing the day lower.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.09%, USD 209k

Some small activity in Delta ($78k) and Barlcays ($75k) on another quiet day in Harare.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

14.01

10.43

Nigeria

NGN

315.05

-36.74

Kenya

KES

101.45

0.84

Mauritius

MUR

35.30

1.56

Botswana

BWP

10.59

6.06

Tanzania

TZS

2188.00

-1.77

Uganda

UGX

3370.00

0.06

Rwanda

RWF

791.67

-5.90

Ghana

GHS

3.96

-3.79

BRVM

XOF

595.41

3.87

Egypt

EGP

8.88

-11.90

Morocco

MAD

9.75

1.84

Tunisia

TNF

2.20

-7.30
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