Movers & Shakers: June 01, 2015

Botswana: DCI +0.03%, USD 165k

Nothing of note to report on.

Kenya: Closed for the day

Mauritius: Semdex +0.08%, USD 1.82m

The market finally returned to the green with stability shown in the large banks. MCBG and SBMH both closed unchanged at Rs202.00 and Rs0.93 respectively.

Nigeria: ASI -0.77%, USD 27.6m

The market was actually rather active for the 1st of the month although sentiment was generally soft. There is a good mix of local and foreign crossing taking place. Banks shed 1.39% for the session with all Tier 1 names closing in the red. The bulk of the action was seen in Zenith (-2.47%, N20.91), GTB (+7bps, N28.97) and Access (-48bps, N6.20). Consumers lost 89bps for the day with the most active names being Guinness (+61bps, N164.00), NB (-2.07%, N147.00) and Unilever (+22bps, N45.10). There was also some chunky activity in Wapco (unch, N98.00) and Seplat (+2.07%, N345.00).

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.08%, USD 34k

Nothing to report from an absolutely woeful day in Harare.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

12.24

-5.52

Nigeria

NGN

199.05

-7.84

Kenya

KES

97.65

-7.22

Mauritius

MUR

35.55

-10.69

Botswana

BWP

9.95

-4.47

Tanzania

TZS

2115.00

-18.06

Uganda

UGX

3060.00

-9.44

Rwanda

RWF

689.99

-0.03

Ghana

GHS

4.07

-21.04

BRVM

XOF

601.90

-9.94

Egypt

EGP

7.62

-6.21

Morocco

MAD

9.84

-7.80

Tunisia

TND

1.96

-5.26
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