Movers & Shakers: January 08, 2016


Botswana: DCI -0.01%, USD 53k

Dead quiet in Gaborone today with absolutely nothing to report.

Kenya: NSE 20 -1.57%, USD 15.5m

A large local cross in KNCB helped boost activity on an otherwise dull day as 26.5m shares traded in the name. There was also a bit of action in EQBNK with 5.3m shares traded over the day. Foreigners dominated both sides of Safcom as 6.2m shares traded in the telco while EABL was once again very quiet.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.04%, USD 740k

Another quiet day in Port Louis with the general lack of interest pushing the market slightly lower. The bulk of the action went through in MCBG which closed unchanged at Rs207.00.

Nigeria: ASI -0.87%, USD 9.6m

Another rather dull day in Lagos to end a quiet week with a few crosses in the likes of NB ($2m), GTB ($2m), Access ($1.6m) and Zenith ($1.3m). Banking stocks closed the day lower with the sector falling -2.47% with some pressure on ETI (-4.88%) and UBA (-4.46%). Consumers (-1.28%) were alse weaker thanks to Flour Mills (-5.00%) and NB (-3.10%).

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.05%, USD 315k

A dull end to the week in Zimbabwe with the index drifting marginally lower.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

16.13

-4.14

Nigeria

NGN

199.05

+0.13

Kenya

KES

102.25

+0.05

Mauritius

MUR

36.14

-0.75

Botswana

BWP

11.42

-1.96

Tanzania

TZS

2,190.00

-1.86

Uganda

UGX

3,425.00

-1.55

Rwanda

RWF

746.71

-0.23

Ghana

GHS

3.84

-0.91

BRVM

XOF

611.18

+1.15

Egypt

EGP

7.83

-0.04

Morocco

MAD

9.89

+0.31

Tunisia

TND

2.03

+0.01

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