A slight improvement in Gaborone as turnover doubled thanks to BTCL and WILL which were 62% and 31% respectively.
The positive run in Kenya continued with increased local participation, which was at 71.2% on the day. Equity Bank, Safcom and KNCB dominated the action, accounting for a total of 69% of turnover.
A not so bad day in Port Loius as Rs38m exchanged hands while MCBG (unch%, Rs277.50), CIM (unch, Rs10.50) and SBM (-0.3%, Rs7.60) making the numbers accounting for a combined 48% of the turnover. The rest of the market was softer with the likes of PBL unmoved trading at Rs650.00.
It was a negative close for the Nigerian stock market as the Banks (-1.45%) had the biggest decline on the day. NB topped the turnover, accounting for 35% of total market turnover, while Guaranty and Zenith accounted of a total of 32%.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
The Harare bourse traded slightly lower today as the main movers on the day being Seedco accounting for 33% of total market turnover sitting at $359k, Simbisa trading $229k a modest 20% of total volume and BATZ with $143k while the rest of the market wasn’t quite active.
AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE |
CURRENCIES |
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Country |
Index |
14-Mar-18 |
YTD % |
Country |
Notation |
14-Mar-18 |
YTD % |
||||
Botswana |
DCI |
8 687.73 |
-1.95% |
Botswana |
BWP |
9.54 |
3.35 |
||||
Egypt |
CASE 30 |
16 881.72 |
12.37% |
Egypt |
EGP |
17.61 |
1.16 |
||||
Kenya |
NSE 20 |
3 760.87 |
1.52% |
Ghana |
GHS |
4.42 |
1.92 |
||||
Malawi |
MASI |
24 825.04 |
14.94% |
Kenya |
KES |
101.30 |
1.86 |
||||
Mauritius |
SEMDEX |
2 304.43 |
4.65% |
Morocco |
MAD |
9.17 |
1.76 |
||||
SEM 10 |
437.95 |
3.82% |
Mauritius |
MUR |
32.99 |
1.77 |
|||||
Morocco |
MASI |
13 217.60 |
6.61% |
Nigeria |
NGN |
360.08 |
-0.03 |
||||
Nigeria |
NSI |
42 839.49 |
11.96% |
Rwanda |
RWF |
851.27 |
0.32 |
||||
Tanzania |
TSI |
3 892.09 |
-0.69% |
Tunisia |
TND |
2.41 |
1.52 |
||||
Rwanda |
RSI |
134.02 |
-1.00% |
Tanzania |
TZS |
2 252.19 |
-0.78 |
||||
Uganda |
USE ALSI |
2 094.96 |
5.93% |
Uganda |
UGX |
3 658.25 |
-0.41 |
||||
Zambia |
LUSE All Share |
5 599.41 |
5.10% |
BRVM |
XOF |
540.42 |
4.40 |
||||
Zimbabwe |
Industrial Index |
288.55 |
-11.50% |
South Africa |
ZAR |
11.80 |
4.95 |
||||
Mining Index |
122.73 |
-13.83% |
Zimbabwe |
*OMIR |
1.55 |
0.06 |
|||||
*Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate |