Movers & Shakers: December 19, 2017


Botswana: DCI -0.10%, USD 303k

Some small activity in Letshego (-0.02%, 188t) accounted for 87% of turnover today.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.2%, USD 8.7m

The market saw increased turnover on the day as more sellers came out in Safaricom, which was 1% lower to close at 26.00. The stock also dominated the turnover, accounting for approximately 70% of total market turnover. Foreign participation slightly increased to 54% from 51%.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.64%, USD 820k

MCBG continued the upward trend closing +2.7% higher at Rs271.00, accounting for 66% of turnover. Both the SEMDEX (+0.64%) and the SEM-10 (+0.88%) closed firmly in the green.

Nigeria: ASI -0.46%, USD 15.06m

Another negative day in Nigeria, as all indices, bar the Insurance index, closed lower on the day. Zenithbank & Guaranty were the dominant names on the day recording $4.4m and $4.3m respectively, together accounting for 58% of turnover.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -1.36%, USD 7.39m

A decent day in Harare with a cross in Nicoz ($7.03m) accounting for 90% of total turnover. The rest of the market was extremely quiet. Foreign buys amounted to $56k while sales stood at $40k.

African Currencies

                       
 

AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE

   

CURRENCIES

 
                       
 

Country

Index

19-Dec-17

YTD %

   

Country

Notation

19-Dec-17

YTD %

 
 

Botswana

DCI

8882.30

-8.44%

   

Botswana

BWP

10.03

6.62

 
 

Egypt

CASE 30

14678.41

18.91%

   

Egypt

EGP

17.87

1.43

 
 

Kenya

NSE 20

3696.31

16.01%

   

Ghana

GHS

4.39

-6.38

 
 

Malawi

MASI

21597.44

62.14%

   

Kenya

KES

103.15

-0.66

 
 

Mauritius

SEMDEX

2189.88

21.10%

   

Morocco

MAD

9.44

7.33

 
   

SEM 10

419.73

21.65%

   

Mauritius

MUR

34.05

5.64

 
 

Morocco

MASI

12330.85

5.90%

   

Nigeria

NGN

360.22

-12.46

 
 

Nigeria

NSI

37783.76

40.59%

   

Rwanda

RWF

844.29

-2.64

 
 

Tanzania

TSI

3874.59

5.35%

   

Tunisia

TND

2.52

-7.85

 
 

Rwanda

RSI

135.47

6.45%

   

Tanzania

TZS

2 231.11

-2.25

 
 

Uganda

USE ALSI

1793.26

21.38%

   

Uganda

UGX

3 619.05

-0.62

 
 

Zambia

LUSE All Share

5344.54

28.52%

   

BRVM

XOF

572.20

10.09

 
 

Zimbabwe

Industrial Index

323.00

121.84%

   

South Africa

ZAR

12.73

7.95

 
   

Mining Index

141.60

142.01%

   

Zimbabwe

*OMIR

1.51

10.99

 
             

*Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate

   
                       

 

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