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Movers & Shakers: January 12, 2015
Botswana: DCI +0.01%, USD 250k
Small paltry trades continue to plague the bourse
Kenya: NSE 20 +0.20%, USD 3.0m
Another dull day in Nairobi as investors (both foreign and local) remain cautious in the wake of the confusion surrounding the new CGT rules. The 2 most active stocks were EABL (-1.3%, KES306.00) and Equity Bank (unch, KES49.00). There was also mild action in Safcom (+70bps, KES13.85), NICB (unch, KES63.00) and BCBL (-2.7%, KES15.95) although the market remains extremely quiet.
Mauritius: Semdex -0.30%, USD 1.19m
PBL had a very strong day, as the name closed at an all time high of Rs248(+2.3%), buoyed by foreign demand. MCBG declined by 0.3% to close at Rs195 while its banking counterpart SBM, continues to remain firm at Rs1.01. LUX gave up 1.3% of its Friday gains to close at Rs59 on the back of 20.7K shares traded. On a positive note, tourist arrivals for 2014 increased +4.6%.
Nigeria: ASI +0.30%, USD 19.89m
A sluggish start to the trading week in Lagos as turnover amounted to $19.89m thanks mostly to some large crosses in Zenith ($8.39m) as 96m shares changed hands in the name. There was also some action in DangCem ($1.77m), NB ($1.48m) and Nestle ($1.20m). Banks continued to come under pressure as the sector closed -1.93% lower thanks to ETI (-4.98%), GTB (-2.68%) and Zenith (-2.62%). Consumers (-1.91%) were also weak as Nestle (-5.00%), Glaxo (-4.98%) and NB (-1.77%) dragged the sector lower. Market heavyweight DangCem managed to close +4.88% higher.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.25%, USD 482k
The Harare bourse opened the week on low volumes, with Barclays gaining 11.1% on a volume of 137,002 shares, to close at 3c. Also among the notable gainers was Innscor (+2.7%) and Delta (0.0%), each trading 53,360 and 288,101 shares, closing at 57c and 106.03c respectively.
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
11.52 |
+0.39 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
183.05 |
+0.22 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
91.20 |
-0.66 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
32.17 |
-1.31 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
9.54 |
-0.33 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1733.00 |
unch |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2865.00 |
-3.28 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
694.20 |
-0.63 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
3.25 |
-1.07 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
558.05 |
-2.87 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.14 |
+0.04 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
9.24 |
-1.78 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.89 |
-1.51 |
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