A blockbuster day in Gaborone with Letshego ($1.64m) leading the way accounting for 99% of the turnover while the rest of the market was extremely quiet.
The market closed lower on the day, with 3 of the big 4 dominating the turnover. Safcom, Equity and KNCB together accounted for 72% of turnover.
Today was all about Grit which accounted for 90% of turnover. There was also some action in MCBG (+0.2%, Rs276.00) and SBMH (+0.3%, Rs7.60), the rest of the market traded thin volumes.
The index recovered from the previous day’s negative close on a relatively quiet day of trading, with Guaranty lifting the index as it closed 2.9% higher. The top 5 trades on the day were Zenith, Guaranty, Dangcem, Unilever and Cadbury, all accounting for a total of 62% of turnover.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
The industrial index continues southwards down 29bps on losses recorded in Barclays (-12.9%), Econet (1.08%, $0.6727) and OML(-0.18%) . The most actively traded names were Delta ($811k), Econet ($322k), OML ($217k) and Innscor ($173k).
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AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE |
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Country |
Index |
8-Mar-18 |
YTD % |
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Country |
Notation |
8-Mar-18 |
YTD % |
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Botswana |
DCI |
8,694.71 |
-1.87% |
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Botswana |
BWP |
9.57 |
2.76 |
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Egypt |
CASE 30 |
16,472.28 |
9.64% |
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Egypt |
EGP |
17.62 |
1.06 |
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Kenya |
NSE 20 |
3,719.86 |
0.41% |
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Ghana |
GHS |
4.45 |
1.35 |
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Malawi |
MASI |
24,480.34 |
13.35% |
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Kenya |
KES |
101.30 |
1.86 |
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Mauritius |
SEMDEX |
2,284.08 |
3.72% |
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Morocco |
MAD |
9.16 |
1.85 |
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SEM 10 |
435.88 |
3.33% |
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Mauritius |
MUR |
33.19 |
1.15 |
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Morocco |
MASI |
13,239.85 |
6.79% |
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Nigeria |
NGN |
360.04 |
-0.01 |
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Nigeria |
NSI |
43,092.63 |
12.62% |
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Rwanda |
RWF |
850.81 |
0.38 |
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Tanzania |
TSI |
3,893.73 |
-0.65% |
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Tunisia |
TND |
2.40 |
2.64 |
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Rwanda |
RSI |
134.18 |
-0.89% |
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Tanzania |
TZS |
2,254.00 |
-0.86 |
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Uganda |
USE ALSI |
2,096.32 |
6.00% |
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Uganda |
UGX |
3,654.95 |
-0.32 |
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Zambia |
LUSE All Share |
5,586.64 |
4.86% |
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BRVM |
XOF |
541.94 |
4.11 |
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Zimbabwe |
Industrial Index |
289.27 |
-11.28% |
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South Africa |
ZAR |
11.87 |
4.30 |
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Mining Index |
120.76 |
-15.21% |
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Zimbabwe |
*OMIR |
1.53 |
0.04 |
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*Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate |
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