Movers & Shakers: August 17, 2016


Botswana: DCI -0.24%, USD 665k

Letshego drove proceedings once again in Gaborone as 3.2m shares changed hands in the name while the rest of the market remains quiet.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.66%, USD 8.4m

Activity returned to Nairobi today thanks to some decent action in KNCB as 8.7m shares changed hands with foreign demand driving the name +0.8% higher. There was also some activity in Safcom (+1.2%) as the telco's unbelievable run continues with foreign demand also driving the name higher as 8.6m shares traded. Not much on the go in EQBNK (unch) or EABL (-0.4%) as 1.4m shares and 264k shares traded in the names respectively.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.08%, USD 1.4m

A much better day in Port Louis from an activity point of view as the two banking heavyweights dominated proceedings with 134k shares traded in MCBG while 22.9m shares changed hands in SBMH.

Nigeria: ASI +0.18%, USD 7.1m

Another day without any excitement on the Lagos bourse with GTB ($2.5m) the most active name on the day after the banking heavyweight released H1 2016 numbers while there was also a small bit of activity in Access ($1.1m). Banking stocks managed to close in positive territory with the sector gaining +0.74% thanks to GTB (+1.67%) as the market was seemingly happy with the results, the name did however start to sell off towards the close. Consumers (-0.03%) closed near unchanged as activity remains muted in the sector.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.13%, USD 740k

Activity continued to improve today, but remains well below par, with some action in Delta driving proceedings as 811k shares changed hands in the name.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

13.44

15.06

Nigeria

NGN

326.75

-39.01

Kenya

KES

101.40

0.89

Mauritius

MUR

35.15

1.99

Botswana

BWP

10.37

8.08

Tanzania

TZS

2188.00

-1.77

Uganda

UGX

3367.00

0.15

Rwanda

RWF

796.15

-6.43

Ghana

GHS

3.95

-3.67

BRVM

XOF

588.55

5.08

Egypt

EGP

8.88

-11.86

Morocco

MAD

9.70

2.38

Tunisia

TNF

2.20

-6.97

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