Movers & Shakers: February 02, 2018


Botswana: DCI -0.12%, USD 9k

It was another quiet day in Botswana, with BIHL closing down 0.18%, which in turn brought the market lower by 0.12%

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.2%, USD 4.7m

The market ended the week in the green as Equity Bank which had the highest turnover closed 1.2% higher on the day. Equity Bank, Safcom and KenolKobil all accounted for 57% of turnover, while foreign participation reduced to 32% from 57%.

Mauritius: SEMDEX +0.06%, USD 1.26m

It was a positive return in Mauritius after the 2 day holiday. MCBG was the most active name on the day as it accounted for 68% of turnover.

Nigeria: ASI +0.4%, USD 9.8m

The market closed the week higher on another quiet day, with only the Consumers and Oil & Gas sectors closing lower. The top 5 names by value traded were all banks – Zenith, Fbnh, Access, Guaranty and FCMB – all accounting for 52% of turnover.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.46%, USD 3.5m

The index closed the week lower on increased turnover compared to the previous day. Delta, Hippo, Econet, Old Mutual and Seed Co were the most active names on the day, all accounting for a total of 87% of turnover.

African Currencies

                       
                       
  AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE     CURRENCIES  
                       
  Country Index 2-Feb-18 YTD %     Country Notation 2-Feb-18 YTD %  
  Botswana DCI 8732.60 -1.44%     Botswana BWP 9.59 2.56  
  Egypt CASE 30 15088.66 0.43%     Egypt EGP 17.64 0.97  
  Kenya NSE 20 3758.18 1.45%     Ghana GHS 4.48 0.56  
  Malawi MASI 22226.04 2.91%     Kenya KES 101.75 1.41  
  Mauritius SEMDEX 2256.99 2.49%     Morocco MAD 9.15 1.99  
    SEM 10 431.26 2.24%     Mauritius MUR 32.17 4.36  
  Morocco MASI 13340.67 7.60%     Nigeria NGN 360.06 -0.02  
  Nigeria NSI 44639.99 16.66%     Rwanda RWF 846.00 0.95  
  Tanzania TSI 3951.53 0.82%     Tunisia TND 2.40 2.98  
  Rwanda RSI 133.80 -1.17%     Tanzania TZS 2,249.48 -0.81  
  Uganda USE ALSI 2057.84 4.05%     Uganda UGX 3,628.77 0.45  
  Zambia LUSE All Share 5339.99 0.23%     BRVM XOF 536.95 5.07  
  Zimbabwe Industrial Index 304.16 -6.71%     South Africa ZAR 12.03 2.98  
    Mining Index 130.42 130.42     Zimbabwe *OMIR 1.61 0.97  
              *Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate    

 

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