Movers & Shakers: December 03, 2015

Botswana: DCI -0.03%, USD 8.1m

It was all about Letshego today as 29.8m shares traded in the name thanks to a very large cross of 22.6m shares (initially) while the rest of the market was very quiet.

Kenya: NSE 20 Index +0.12%, USD 3.7m

Another very quiet day in Nairobi with turnover amounting to $3.7m as locals continue to sit on the sidelines. Some foreign action drove proceedings in KNCB as 3.4m shares changed hands in the name. There were a few crosses in the usually illiquid Centum as 1.5m shares traded. EQBNK and Safcom were very quiet as 847k shares and 1.6m shares traded in the names respectively.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.02%, USD 1.4m

Activity returned to the Mauritian bourse today thanks to a cross in the normally illiquid Rockcastle (+13.2%, Rs2.40) while normal trading remains dull.

Nigeria: ASI +0.99%, USD 15.3m

A better day in Lagos, but still nothing to write home about as turnover amounted to $15.3m with some activity in GTB ($6.4m), FBNH ($1.6m) and Zenith ($1.4m). Banks had a solid day with the sector gaining +1.20% thanks to Access (+3.95%), UBA (+3.50%) and ETI (+1.85%). Consumers (+1.46%) also managed to close higher with good performances in NB (+3.45%) and Guinness (+0.55%).

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.27%, USD 414k

Today it was the turn of Delta (70.01c) as more than 510k shares changed hands in the name. Econet remains stable at 18c.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

14.28

-18.94

Nigeria

NGN

199.12

-7.87

Kenya

KES

102.20

-11.39

Mauritius

MUR

36.30

-12.53

Botswana

BWP

10.78

-11.75

Tanzania

TZS

2,163.00

-19.88

Uganda

UGX

3,319.50

-16.52

Rwanda

RWF

761.50

-9.41

Ghana

GHS

3.81

-15.55

BRVM

XOF

617.33

-12.20

Egypt

EGP

7.81

-8.53

Morocco

MAD

9.94

-8.69

Tunisia

TND

2.03

-8.32
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