Movers & Shakers: August 12, 2016

Botswana: DCI -0.54%, USD 197k

The market fell today mostly on the back of weakness in Letshego (200t).

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.02%, USD 5.1m

A quiet end to a quiet week in Kenya. Today the bulk of the action went through in EABL (-40bps, KES272) while there was 1 cross in CFCB (unch, KES80.00). The rest of the market was quiet.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.19%, USD 1.12m

MCBG (-20bps, Rs208.50) was once again heavily dominant on the market today. SBMH rose by 2.9% to Rs0.71.

Nigeria: ASI -0.12%, USD 4.1m

Another exceptionally dull day in Nigeria. The only action was some crossing in GTB (+1.04%, N24.25). GTB was the only bank to close in the green as the sector slipped by 30bps. Consumers dropped by 55bps on thin volumes.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.22%, USD 69k

Nothing to report from Harare.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

13.37

15.84

Nigeria

NGN

320.25

-37.77

Kenya

KES

101.49

0.80

Mauritius

MUR

35.25

1.70

Botswana

BWP

10.35

8.42

Tanzania

TZS

2187.00

-1.72

Uganda

UGX

3366.50

0.16

Rwanda

RWF

793.99

-6.17

Ghana

GHS

3.95

-3.55

BRVM

XOF

592.89

4.31

Egypt

EGP

8.88

-11.87

Morocco

MAD

9.74

1.95

Tunisia

TNF

2.21

-7.48
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