Some small activity in FNBB the only name worth reporting on as 1m shares changed hands.
A solid day in Nairobi on the activity front thanks to crosses in KNCB ($3.6m) and EQBNK ($1.2m) as the two banking giants enjoyed mixed fortunes on the performance front, closing +1.5% higher and -0.8% lower respectively. It was slow going in Safcom as the market digested the telco's FY 2017 results, with a mere $437k worth of stock changing hands.
A very impressive day in Port Louis thanks to a cross in SBMH as 5.2m shares changed hands in the name while there was also some action in ENL Land as 219k shares traded. MCBG reached a new all-time high of Rs234 on 34k shares.
A much better day in Lagos as activity was spread across the board for once, with some action in Flour Mills ($2.6m), Zenith ($2.6m), GTB ($2.3m), UBA ($2.1m) and Nestle ($1.5m). Banking stocks surged ahead with the sector closing +4.10% higher thanks to UBA (+7.23%), Zenith (+5.61%) and GTB (+2.36%). Consumers also had a very solid day, gaining +3.56% thanks to Nestle (+5.00%) and Flour Mills (+4.99%).
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
An extremely dull day in Zimbabwe as foreign investors remain on the sidelines. Delta released FY 2017 results after the session which saw EBITDA fall 13% to $112.8m while EPS fell 12% to 5.7c.
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
South Africa |
ZAR |
13.46 |
2.06 |
Nigeria |
NGN |
319.00 |
-1.15 |
Kenya |
KES |
103.30 |
-0.76 |
Mauritius |
MUR |
34.95 |
2.92 |
Botswana |
BWP |
10.53 |
1.82 |
Tanzania |
TZS |
2224.55 |
-1.96 |
Uganda |
UGX |
3635.00 |
-1.06 |
Rwanda |
RWF |
827.68 |
-0.69 |
Ghana |
GHS |
4.22 |
0.47 |
BRVM |
XOF |
605.52 |
4.03 |
Egypt |
EGP |
18.05 |
0.50 |
Morocco |
MAD |
9.93 |
1.96 |
Tunisia |
TND |
2.46 |
-5.93 |