Movers & Shakers: January 15, 2016

Botswana: DCI -0.34%, USD 209k

A very dull day in Gaborone except for some small trading in Sechaba (2920t).

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.09%, USD 4.7m

Nothing much to report from Kenya. The main action went through in EABL (-1.1%, KES265.00) while Safcom (+30bps, KES16.10) saw a little action as well. The rest of the market was eerily quiet.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.29%, USD 1.17m

Outside of some action in MCBG (+20bps, Rs204.00) the market was rather lethargic.

Nigeria: ASI -2.99%, USD 30.9m

A very active day in Lagos as some buying did return although most stocks still ended up taking a hammering. Banks fell by a mammoth 7.01% (down 18.67% for the week) with chunky action seen in GTB (-9.72%, N13.37) and Zenith (-9.67%, N9.44). Consumers fell by a more muted 44bps with names like Nestle (-5%, N740.05), GSK (-5%, N166.25) and NB (+5%, N96.90) seeing the bulk of the action. Cements were also active with both Dangcem (-3.75%, N133.00) and Flourmills (-5%, N86.75) seeing good volumes.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -1.13%, USD 119k

A dull day in Harare with just some crossing at 11c in CBZ going through.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

16.72

-7.52

Nigeria

NGN

199.05

+0.13

Kenya

KES

102.40

-0.10

Mauritius

MUR

36.00

-0.42

Botswana

BWP

11.64

-4.05

Tanzania

TZS

2,175.00

-1.18

Uganda

UGX

3,475.00

-2.96

Rwanda

RWF

745.58

-0.08

Ghana

GHS

4.00

-4.87

BRVM

XOF

607.53

+1.81

Egypt

EGP

7.83

-0.06

Morocco

MAD

9.86

-0.72

Tunisia

TND

2.03

-0.33
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