Some small activity in Letshego ($174k) and Turnstar ($144k) accounted for 59% of turnover today.
The market started the week in the negative territory, with thinner volumes than the previous trading day. Foreign participation increased to 71% from 65%. Safcom, whose price remained unchanged, accounted for over 52% of turnover on the day.
Indices closed in the green today with the Semdex up +0.24% and the SEM-10 at 427.98 points up +0.29%. MCBG continued its upward trend closing +0.5% higher at Rs 278.00. Likewise SBMH also closed higher at Rs7.68 (+0.5%).
The market began the week on a very bullish note as all indices closed higher. Crosses in Nigerian Breweries dominated the action on the day, accounting for a total of 76% of total market turnover.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
The lion's shares of today's activity took place in Detla ($715k) accounting for a 66% of the market. There was also some small activity in Hippo and OML.
AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE |
CURRENCIES |
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Country |
Index |
8-Jan-18 |
YTD % |
Country |
Notation |
8-Jan-18 |
YTD % |
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Botswana |
DCI |
8824.03 |
-0.41% |
Botswana |
BWP |
9.87 |
-0.30 |
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Egypt |
CASE 30 |
14953.17 |
-0.47% |
Egypt |
EGP |
17.66 |
0.87 |
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Kenya |
NSE 20 |
3707.66 |
0.09% |
Ghana |
GHS |
4.55 |
-0.99 |
||||
Malawi |
MASI |
21711.40 |
0.52% |
Kenya |
KES |
103.25 |
-0.07 |
||||
Mauritius |
SEMDEX |
2228.74 |
1.21% |
Morocco |
MAD |
9.36 |
-0.32 |
||||
SEM 10 |
427.98 |
1.46% |
Mauritius |
MUR |
33.40 |
0.52 |
|||||
Morocco |
MASI |
12537.75 |
1.12% |
Nigeria |
NGN |
360.00 |
0.00 |
||||
Nigeria |
NSI |
39849.65 |
4.14% |
Rwanda |
RWF |
845.55 |
1.00 |
||||
Tanzania |
TSI |
3692.76 |
-5.78% |
Tunisia |
TND |
2.51 |
-1.68 |
||||
Rwanda |
RSI |
135.38 |
0.00% |
Tanzania |
TZS |
2 239.00 |
-0.20 |
||||
Uganda |
USE ALSI |
1970.26 |
-0.37% |
Uganda |
UGX |
3 650.30 |
-0.23 |
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Zambia |
LUSE All Share |
5331.58 |
0.07% |
BRVM |
XOF |
566.90 |
-0.48 |
||||
Zimbabwe |
Industrial Index |
324.89 |
-0.35% |
South Africa |
ZAR |
12.42 |
-0.31 |
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Mining Index |
142.42 |
0.00% |
Zimbabwe |
*OMIR |
1.58 |
7.27 |
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*Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate |
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