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Movers & Shakers: August 10, 2015


Botswana: DCI +0.20%, USD 3.89m

A very pleasing start to the week in Gaborone as turnover amounted to $3.89m thanks to some action in Choppies with 6.62m shares changing hands on the day while there was also some activity in FNBB (868k shares).

Kenya: NSE 20 +1.55%, USD 4.9m

Not much on the go in Nairobi today as turnover amounted to $4.9m with foreigners dominating both sales and purchases. Foreign demand drove Safcom higher today as the telco gained +5.5% on 10.1m shares. The two major banking stocks ended mixed with KNCB gaining +0.5% while EQBNK fell -1.2%. EABL had a strong day as the brewer gained +2.0% thanks to foreign purchases.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.46%, USD 830k

A sluggish start to the week in Port Louis as turnover amounted to $830k with a small bit of activity in MCBG (61k shares) and SBMH (11.68m shares) while the rest of the market was very quiet.

Nigeria: ASI +0.01%, USD 7.18m

A woeful start to the week in Lagos from an activity point of view as turnover amounted to $7.18m with Zenith ($1.42m) the only name breaking the $1m mark. Banks came under pressure with the sector falling -1.20% thanks to Zenith (-4.14%) and UBA (-1.69%). Consumers (-1.19%) were also weaker as Flour Mills (-7.24%), PZ Cussons (-4.23%) and NB (-2.59%) took some serious strain.

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

Zimbabwe: Market closed for the day.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

12.69

-8.91

Nigeria

NGN

198.75

-7.70

Kenya

KES

101.05

-10.34

Mauritius

MUR

35.59

-10.79

Botswana

BWP

10.15

-6.28

Tanzania

TZS

2105.00

-17.67

Uganda

UGX

3545.00

-21.83

Rwanda

RWF

755.00

-8.63

Ghana

GHS

3.89

-17.31

BRVM

XOF

602.34

-10.01

Egypt

EGP

7.83

-8.67

Morocco

MAD

9.83

-7.69

Tunisia

TND

1.96

-5.29

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