Movers & Shakers: July 06, 2017

Botswana: DCI +0.01%, USD 265k

Some small activity in FNBB the only name worth mentioning on a quiet day in Gaborone.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.30%, USD 30.1m

Today was all about the large cross in EQBNK ($24.7m) as we were told that it was a transfer from an individual to a corporate. Elsewhere, there was some action in Safcom ($3m) and BMBC ($1.3m) as the names closed unchanged and +0.50% higher respectively.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.10%, USD 1.3m

A slightly soft day in Port Louis with turnover yet again dominated by the 2 banking giants. SBMH inched higher by 30bps to Rs7.28 while MCBG dipped lower to Rs272.75 (-60bps).

Nigeria: ASI +0.16%, USD 11.5m

A better day in Lagos, but still nothing to write home about, with some action in GTB ($3.9m), DangCem ($2.3m) and NB ($2.1m) driving proceedings. Banking stocks closed the day +0.53% higher while consumers fell -1.24% thanks to NB (-2.12%).

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.13%, USD 1.3m

Yet again locals ruling the roost in Zimbabwe. Today’s major activity went through in Innscor (72c) while CBZ (10c) also saw a modicum of activity.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

13.43

2.32

Nigeria

NGN

324.50

-2.83

Kenya

KES

103.78

-1.22

Mauritius

MUR

34.45

4.42

Botswana

BWP

10.37

2.99

Tanzania

TZS

2226.05

-2.03

Uganda

UGX

3601.00

-0.13

Rwanda

RWF

830.63

-1.04

Ghana

GHS

4.40

-3.75

BRVM

XOF

580.90

8.44

Egypt

EGP

17.92

1.26

Morocco

MAD

9.66

4.79

Tunisia

TND

2.44

-5.22
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