Movers & Shakers: June 28, 2016

Botswana: DCI -0.36%, USD 146k

A small bit of activity in Afinitas (1.6m shares) the only name worth mentioning on another dull day in Gaborone.

Kenya: NSE 20 -1.19%, USD 3.7m

Another quiet day from an activity point of view as local investors remain absent for the large part. Profit taking continued in Safcom with the telco falling -0.9% on 9m shares. Foreign selling pressure continues to push KNCB (-0.7%) lower while EQBNK closed -1.95% lower on tiny volume. Foreign demand drove EABL higher as the brewer gained +2.1% on very small volume of 96k shares.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.12%, USD 760k

Another relatively uninspiring day in Port Louis. The main activity went through in the 2 banks with MCBG falling by 50bps to Rs211.00 while SBMH ended the session unchanged on Rs0.64.

Nigeria: ASI -0.89%, USD 11.7m

It was a rather dull day in Lagos with crosses in GTB ($3.4m) and Nestle ($2m) being the highlights of the day. There was also some small activity in DangCem ($1.4m) and Zenith ($1.4m). Banking stocks came under pressure again today with the sector falling -1.61% with losses in GTB (-2.96%) and Zenith (-1.94%). Consumers (-1.65%) also closed lower with pressure on Guinness (-3.18%) and NB (-2.78%) while Nestle (-0.59%) was also weaker.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +1.29%, USD 138k

The market rose strongly today albeit on tiny volumes.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

15.16

2.02

Nigeria

NGN

282.70

-29.50

Kenya

KES

101.20

1.09

Mauritius

MUR

35.46

1.11

Botswana

BWP

11.04

1.68

Tanzania

TZS

2190.00

-1.86

Uganda

UGX

3411.00

-1.14

Rwanda

RWF

777.53

-4.18

Ghana

GHS

3.92

-2.93

BRVM

XOF

600.89

2.92

Egypt

EGP

8.83

-11.35

Morocco

MAD

9.82

1.21

Tunisia

TNF

2.20

-7.75
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