Movers & Shakers: January 04, 2016


Botswana: Data not available at the time of writing.

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.84%, USD 1.7m

An extremely slow start to the year in Nairobi as turnover amounted to $1.7m with activity pretty evenly split between locals and foreigners. There was some small action in KNCB (1.4m shares) and EQBNK (1.1m shares) the only names worth mentioning.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.28%, USD 60k

An absolutely dire day in Port Louis with turnover amounting to a paltry 60k.

Nigeria: ASI -0.95%, USD 3.5m

An absolutely woeful start to the year in Lagos with turnover amounting to $3.5m as there was not a single name to break the $1m mark. Banks closed slightly higher with the sector gaining +0.10% thanks to Zenith (+1.78%). Consumers (-3.04%) came under some pressure as NB (-5.00%) and Nestle (-3.49%) dragged the sector lower.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.44%, USD 66k

An absolutely nothing day from an activity point of view with turnover amounting to a paltry $66k.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

15.58

-0.73

Nigeria

NGN

199.30

unch

Kenya

KES

102.23

+0.07

Mauritius

MUR

35.93

-0.22

Botswana

BWP

11.25

+0.28

Tanzania

TZS

2,164.60

-0.71

Uganda

UGX

3,395.00

-0.68

Rwanda

RWF

745.88

-0.12

Ghana

GHS

3.82

-0.44

BRVM

XOF

612.84

+0.93

Egypt

EGP

7.82

-0.01

Morocco

MAD

9.92

+0.06

Tunisia

TND

2.03

+0.06

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