The market returned to positive ways as Safaricom, which accounted for 31% of turnover, closed 2.63% higher on the day. Bamburi, Equity Bank and Kenol Kobil were also active on the day, accounting for a total of 41% of turnover. Foreign participation was 55%.
The positive streak in Mauritius came to a halt, with MCBG dragging the market lower, as it lost 1.5% on the day, accounting for 77% of turnover.
It was another negative close in Nigeria with only the Industrials and Oil & Gas indices closing in the green. The Consumers led the decline, as Nestle closed 5% down. There was a cross of 1.74 billon shares of Sterling Bank at NGN2.20, accounting for 51% of turnover.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
It was another negative day in Zimbabwe, but with increased turnover. Econet and Old Mutual accounted for 68% of turnover on the day.
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Index |
8-Feb-18 |
YTD % |
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Country |
Notation |
8-Feb-18 |
YTD % |
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Botswana |
DCI |
8724.43 |
-1.53% |
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Botswana |
BWP |
9.65 |
1.67 |
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Egypt |
CASE 30 |
14921.29 |
-0.68% |
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Egypt |
EGP |
17.66 |
0.82 |
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Kenya |
NSE 20 |
3746.18 |
1.12% |
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Ghana |
GHS |
4.45 |
1.29 |
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Malawi |
MASI |
22514.84 |
4.24% |
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Kenya |
KES |
100.78 |
2.38 |
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Mauritius |
SEMDEX |
2255.20 |
2.41% |
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Morocco |
MAD |
9.23 |
1.09 |
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SEM 10 |
430.44 |
2.04% |
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Mauritius |
MUR |
32.85 |
2.21 |
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Morocco |
MASI |
13013.83 |
4.96% |
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Nigeria |
NGN |
360.07 |
-0.02 |
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Nigeria |
NSI |
43326.89 |
13.23% |
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Rwanda |
RWF |
848.22 |
0.68 |
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Tanzania |
TSI |
3869.06 |
-1.28% |
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Tunisia |
TND |
2.41 |
1.88 |
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Rwanda |
RSI |
132.13 |
-2.40% |
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Tanzania |
TZS |
2,252.87 |
-0.81 |
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Uganda |
USE ALSI |
2076.87 |
5.02% |
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Uganda |
UGX |
3,631.23 |
0.33 |
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Zambia |
LUSE All Share |
5590.03 |
4.93% |
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BRVM |
XOF |
542.84 |
3.93 |
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Zimbabwe |
Industrial Index |
301.24 |
-7.61% |
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South Africa |
ZAR |
12.03 |
2.87 |
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Mining Index |
128.21 |
130.42 |
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Zimbabwe |
*OMIR |
1.63 |
0.11 |
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