It was a very quiet day in Botswana, nothing worth reporting.
It was another positive day in Kenya, with Safaricom (+0.8%) and EABL dominating the turnover, as both names accounted for a total of 60%. Foreign participation was 57%.
The market closed up on a relatively quiet day, as the Industrials (+0.69%) heavyweight, Dangcem (+1.85%), ensured the index closed in the positive region. All other indices were down on the day. Guaranty, Zenith and FBNH had the highest turnover, accounting for a total of 30% of total market turnover.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
The index closed lower with reduced turnover compared to the previous trading day. Old Mutual (+0.05%) had the highest turnover on the day, recording USD 918k. Econet and Delta were the other 2 major trades on the day, both recording USD 595k and USD 410k respectively.
AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE | CURRENCIES | ||||||||||
Country | Index | 1-Feb-18 | YTD % | Country | Notation | 1-Feb-18 | YTD % | ||||
Botswana | DCI | 8742.73 | -1.32% | Botswana | BWP | 9.57 | 2.95 | ||||
Egypt | CASE 30 | 15088.66 | 0.43% | Egypt | EGP | 17.64 | 0.97 | ||||
Kenya | NSE 20 | 5326.77 | 43.79% | Ghana | GHS | 4.49 | 0.25 | ||||
Malawi | MASI | 22226.04 | 2.91% | Kenya | KES | 101.90 | 1.26 | ||||
Mauritius | SEMDEX | 2255.66 | 2.43% | Morocco | MAD | 9.15 | 2.00 | ||||
SEM 10 | 431.23 | 2.23% | Mauritius | MUR | 32.64 | 2.86 | |||||
Morocco | MASI | 13188.00 | 6.37% | Nigeria | NGN | 360.22 | -0.06 | ||||
Nigeria | NSI | 44460.18 | 16.19% | Rwanda | RWF | 845.50 | 1.01 | ||||
Tanzania | TSI | 3951.53 | 0.82% | Tunisia | TND | 2.39 | 2.89 | ||||
Rwanda | RSI | 133.80 | -1.17% | Tanzania | TZS | 2,249.48 | -0.66 | ||||
Uganda | USE ALSI | 2061.92 | 4.26% | Uganda | UGX | 3,620.72 | 0.62 | ||||
Zambia | LUSE All Share | 5326.77 | -0.02% | BRVM | XOF | 537.26 | 5.01 | ||||
Zimbabwe | Industrial Index | 305.58 | -6.28% | South Africa | ZAR | 11.90 | 4.02 | ||||
Mining Index | 130.42 | 130.42 | Zimbabwe | *OMIR | 1.57 | 6.78 | |||||
*Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate |