Movers & Shakers: July 08, 2015


Botswana: DCI +0.15%, USD 906k

A decent day in Gaborone (relatively speaking) as turnover amounted to $906k thanks to Letshego (1.8m shares) and Sechaba (84k shares).

Kenya: NSE 20 -1.09%, USD 12.8m

Today was all about Safcom as some heavy foreign participation on both sides of the coin dominated the market. The telco ended the day at KES16.15 (-1.2%). Equity Bank also saw a cross as the banking group continues to fall (-2.2%, KES45.00) while Centum was yet again a recipient of local crossing (-2.3%, KES63.50). EABL (unch, KES280.00) finally showing some signs of stability.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.19%, USD 3.6m

A much better day in Port Louis as turnover amounted to $3.6m thanks to two crosses in Sun Resorts as a total of 2.79m shares traded in the hotelier while the rest of the market was very quiet.

Nigeria: ASI -1.08%, USD 14.6m

Groundhog day resumed in Lagos as volumes and sentiment remain low. It was a frustrating day though as the feed from the NSE to Bloomberg was down hence it was a day of trading in the dark. Banks fell by 1.03% as their slide continues. The bulk of the action took place in Zenith (-26bps, N19.02) while GTB also saw a little bit of flow (-83bps, N26.40). Consumers showed a small outperformance (+21bps) although outside of NB (-18bps, N139.00) nothing much was happening in the sector. Forte Oil saw some decent trading (-1.53%, N194.48).

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.53%, USD 704k

Activity continued to improve as turnover amounted to $704k thanks to a cross in Econet ($525k) while the rest of the market was very quiet.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

12.56

-7.96

Nigeria

NGN

198.90

-7.77

Kenya

KES

100.40

-9.76

Mauritius

MUR

35.60

-10.82

Botswana

BWP

10.05

-5.33

Tanzania

TZS

2245.00

-22.81

Uganda

UGX

3580.00

-22.60

Rwanda

RWF

724.17

-4.75

Ghana

GHS

3.70

-13.04

BRVM

XOF

596.29

-9.11

Egypt

EGP

7.82

-8.64

Morocco

MAD

9.79

-7.06

Tunisia

TND

1.96

-5.35

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