Movers & Shakers: July 12, 2016


Botswana: DCI +0.05%, USD 29k

A dire day in Gaborone with nothing to report.

Kenya: NSE 20 -1.14%, USD 5.8m

It was a dull affair in Nairobi from an activity point of view with the market coming under some serious foreign selling pressure. EQBNK (unch) was the most active name on the day as 3.8m shares changed hands while KNCB came under some foreign selling pressure and closed the day -3.0% lower. Market heavyweights Safcom and EABL closed the day in negative territory, falling -0.9% and -0.7% respectively.

Mauritius: -0.54%, USD 1.8m

Once again we saw some chunky action in MCBG (unch, Rs208.50) as the banking stock accounted for 84% of total market turnover. The rest of the market was quiet.

Nigeria: ASI +0.15%, USD 13m

There was not much improvement on yesterday's session from an activity point of view with crosses in NB ($2.4m), GTB ($2.1m), Guinness ($1.9m), Presco ($1.6m) and DangCem ($1.4m) driving proceedings. Banking stocks managed to close the day higher with the sector gaining +0.98% thanks to Access (+3.70%), Zenith (+3.40%) and UBA (+2.63%). Consumers (+0.94%) also closed in positive territory thanks to a solid move higher in NB as the name gained +2.85%.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.27%, USD 730k

The Industrials ticked further lower today with the bulk of the action going through at 13c in Simbisa while the rest of the market was quiet.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

14.39

7.54

Nigeria

NGN

283.25

-29.64

Kenya

KES

101.25

1.04

Mauritius

MUR

35.45

1.13

Botswana

BWP

10.74

4.49

Tanzania

TZS

2191.00

-1.90

Uganda

UGX

3385.00

-0.38

Rwanda

RWF

782.25

-4.76

Ghana

GHS

3.97

-4.04

BRVM

XOF

600.81

2.95

Egypt

EGP

8.77

-10.77

Morocco

MAD

9.80

1.28

Tunisia

TNF

2.21

-7.79

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