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Movers & Shakers: December 10, 2014
Botswana: DCI -0.07%, USD 1.36m
Another solid day in Gaborone thanks to a large cross in Choppies (2.73m shares) as turnover amounted to $1.36m while the rest of the market was quiet.
Kenya: NSE 20 -0.73%, USD 11.1m
Activity picked up today as turnover amounted to $11.1m thanks to an increase in foreign participation (61.9%). A few large foreign crosses in EABL dominated proceedings as 709k shares changed hands with the brewer closing -0.9% lower. EQBNK closed unchanged on some decent volume as 3.54m shares traded. Local selling put pressure on Centum as the name fell -0.8% on 2.51m shares. Safcom was rather quiet today with some foreigners taking profit as the telco closed -2.3% lower.
Mauritius: Closed for the day.
Nigeria: ASI -2.21%, USD 37.01m
Another active day in Lagos as turnover amounted to $37.01m with some big crosses in the likes of GTB ($9.74m), Nestle ($8.31m), FBNH ($4.84m), ETI ($3.28m) and NB ($3.06m). Banks closed the day lower with the Index falling -1.28% as UBA (-2.66%), GTB (-2.67%) and Access (-2.03%) dragged the sector lower. Consumers (-2.93%) took strain as the likes of PZ Cussons (-6.21%), Guinness (-5.00%) and NB (-5.00%) came under pressure. Cements were also weak as DangCem and WAPCO fell -3.82% and -1.04% respectively.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.08%, USD 1.21m
Activity returned somewhat to the Harare bourse. The bulk of the action took place in Seedco (97c) followed by Econet (64.5c) and Old Mutual (240c).
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
11.55 |
-9.25 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
180.00 |
-10.94 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
90.52 |
-4.66 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
31.65 |
-5.06 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
9.41 |
-7.57 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1738.50 |
-8.54 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2767.70 |
-8.70 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
694.20 |
-2.62 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
3.22 |
-26.30 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
532.51 |
-9.78 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.15 |
-2.84 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
8.89 |
-7.91 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.85 |
-11.39 |
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