Movers & Shakers: July 11, 2016

Botswana: DCI -0.12%, USD 118k

A very slow start to the week in Gaborone with nothing substantial to report.

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.73%, USD 5.4m

A rather uneventful start on the Kenyan bourse today. There was some nice action in Safcom (-60bps, KES17.45) and EABL (unch, KES274.00) while the rest of the market was relatively non-existent.

Mauritius: -0.12%, USD 1.7m

A very solid start to the week in Port Louis thanks to market heavyweaight MCBG as 231k shares changed hands in the name while the rest of the market was very dull.

Nigeria: ASI -0.14%, USD 12.3m

Another dull start to the week in Lagos with just 1 or 2 crosses going through. Banks closed up 1.75% although outside of GTB (+4.35%, N24.00) the sector was rather uneventful. The consumers closed marginally in the red with some nice crosses going through in Nestle (+25bps, N852.10). The cements saw some action with both Dangcem (-16bps, N191.20) and Wapco (-5.03%, N60.45) fairly active.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.10%, USD 366k

Another slow start to the week in Harare with nothing much to report other than a small bit of activity in Simbisa ($195k).

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

14.45

7.07

Nigeria

NGN

282.01

-29.33

Kenya

KES

101.15

1.14

Mauritius

MUR

35.45

1.13

Botswana

BWP

10.80

3.93

Tanzania

TZS

2195.00

-2.08

Uganda

UGX

3375.00

-0.09

Rwanda

RWF

800.00

-6.88

Ghana

GHS

3.95

-3.55

BRVM

XOF

600.46

2.99

Egypt

EGP

8.88

-11.87

Morocco

MAD

9.81

1.22

Tunisia

TNF

2.21

-7.92
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