Movers & Shakers: February 07, 2018


Botswana: DCI +0.01%, USD 43k

The index finally recorded some marginal gains, but on an extremely quiet day.

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.81%, USD 10.87m

The market closed on a negative note, on a day dominated by foreign selling (72% of total sales), while total foreign participation dropped to 46%. Safcom and KNCB dominated the turnover, accounting for 54% and 22% of turnover respectively.

Mauritius: SEMDEX +0.01%, USD 2.17m

The positive streak in Mauritius continued, with MCBG, PAD and SBMH accounting for 53% of turnover on the day.

Nigeria: ASI -0.77%, USD 12.69m

The negative streak in Nigeria continued as the index closed down 77bps. Only the banks closed higher, supported by Zenith (+2.56%). Zenith, FBNH, Dangsugar and Guaranty were the names that dominated the action on the day, accounting for a total of 58% of turnover.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.3%, USD 3.8m

Econet and Delta dominated the action on the day, with both names accounting for 53% of total market turnover.

African Currencies

                       
  AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE     CURRENCIES  
                       
  Country Index 7-Feb-18 YTD %     Country Notation 7-Feb-18 YTD %  
  Botswana DCI 8724.43 -1.53%     Botswana BWP 9.61 2.46  
  Egypt CASE 30 15037.05 0.09%     Egypt EGP 17.63 1.03  
  Kenya NSE 20 3729.34 0.67%     Ghana GHS 4.45 1.29  
  Malawi MASI 22307.13 3.28%     Kenya KES 101.18 1.99  
  Mauritius SEMDEX 2261.80 2.71%     Morocco MAD 9.20 1.41  
    SEM 10 432.38 2.50%     Mauritius MUR 32.50 3.31  
  Morocco MASI 13126.36 5.87%     Nigeria NGN 360.15 -0.04  
  Nigeria NSI 43538.16 13.78%     Rwanda RWF 848.11 0.69  
  Tanzania TSI 3873.75 -1.16%     Tunisia TND 2.41 2.28  
  Rwanda RSI 132.39 -2.21%     Tanzania TZS 2,252.25 -0.78  
  Uganda USE ALSI 2080.15 5.18%     Uganda UGX 3,630.71 0.35  
  Zambia LUSE All Share 5590.03 4.93%     BRVM XOF 540.04 4.47  
  Zimbabwe Industrial Index 302.89 -7.10%     South Africa ZAR 11.98 3.36  
    Mining Index 128.21 130.42     Zimbabwe *OMIR 3.23 1.64  
              *Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate    

 

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