Movers & Shakers: January 29, 2018


Botswana: DCI +0.01%, USD 120.98k

Not a bad way to start the week in Gaborone with 2 names accounting for the lions share of turnover. FNBB ($84.59k) accounted for 70% of the market while Primetime ($22.50k) and FPC ($11.25k) were the only names worth a mention.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.3%, USD 2.8m

The market started the week on a quiet note as turnover declined by 72% from the previous day. Safcom and Stanbic accounted for a total of 66% of turnover.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.31%, USD 20.83m

A massive cross in MCBG (-0.7%, Rs271)dominated the session today with 1.69m shares exchanging hands. Both the Semdex (-0.31%) and the Sem-10 (-0.50%) opened the week lower.

Nigeria: ASI +1.22%, USD 16.32m

It was a positive start to the week in Nigeria, with only the consumers closing lower on the day. Zenith and Guaranty had the highest turnover on the day, with both accounting for a total of 30% of total market turnover.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.10%, USD 1.6m

The industrial index recovered slightly to close the day 0.30 points firmer. Econet drove proceedings today accounting for 64% of turnover. There was also some small activity in OML.

African Currencies

                       
  AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE     CURRENCIES  
                       
  Country Index 29-Jan-18 YTD %     Country Notation 29-Jan-18 YTD %  
  Botswana DCI 8751.50 -1.23%     Botswana BWP 9.60 2.46  
  Egypt CASE 30 15369.13 2.30%     Egypt EGP 17.65 0.92  
  Kenya NSE 20 3739.69 0.95%     Ghana GHS 4.52 -0.22  
  Malawi MASI 22223.44 2.90%     Kenya KES 102.35 0.81  
  Mauritius SEMDEX 2246.19 2.00%     Morocco MAD 9.18 1.69  
    SEM 10 429.27 1.77%     Mauritius MUR 32.41 3.59  
  Morocco MASI 12978.92 4.68%     Nigeria NGN 360.16 -0.05  
  Nigeria NSI 43959.84 14.88%     Rwanda RWF 847.40 0.78  
  Tanzania TSI 3851.05 -1.74%     Tunisia TND 2.41 2.34  
  Rwanda RSI 133.89 -1.10%     Tanzania TZS 2,244.38 -0.43  
  Uganda USE ALSI 2053.04 3.81%     Uganda UGX 3,632.14 0.47  
  Zambia LUSE All Share 5320.15 -0.14%     BRVM XOF 540.27 4.43  
  Zimbabwe Industrial Index 305.48 -6.31%     South Africa ZAR 11.97 3.46  
    Mining Index 130.42 -8.43%     Zimbabwe *OMIR 1.54 4.57  
              *Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate    

 

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