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Movers & Shakers: May 11, 2017
Botswana: DCI +0.12%, USD 330k
Some local action in NAP and RDCP the only trading today in Gaborone.
Kenya: NSE 20 +0.60%, USD 6.0m
Things slowed down in Nairobi, but activity was still relatively respectable with Safcom ($3.6m) accounting for the lion's shares of turnover as the telco closed +2.5% higher after releasing FY 2017 numbers yesterday. Unfortunately there was sporadic activity in a few other names with nothing worth reporting on. KNCB closed the day +0.7% higher on low volume after releasing Q1 2017 results.
Mauritius: Semdex +0.50%, USD 1.5m
Another strong day in Mauritius as MCBG continues to pump. The banking group rose by a further 2.6% to Rs240.00 on chunky volumes. There was also some activity in Alteo.
Nigeria: ASI +3.18%, USD 24.8m
Activity continued to improve in Lagos today, thanks once again to action in a few names with the likes of DangCem ($4.7m), Nestle ($3.3m), Zenith ($2.7m), GTB ($2.3m) and Flour Mills ($1.7m) leading the way. Banking stocks continued to power ahead with the sector closing +4.00% higher with good moves in Zenith (+4.97%) and GTB (+4.97%). Consumer stocks (+3.32%) also had a solid day thanks to Flour Mills (+5.08%).
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.06%, USD 988k
Action returned to the ZSE today although foreign participants remain largely absent. There was some trading in the likes of CBZ (9.54c).
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
13.38 |
2.72 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
316.99 |
-0.52 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
103.43 |
-0.89 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
35.25 |
2.05 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
10.46 |
2.14 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
2235.00 |
-2.42 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
3639.00 |
-1.17 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
827.52 |
-0.67 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
4.25 |
-0.24 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
605.80 |
3.98 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
18.00 |
0.77 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
9.93 |
1.96 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
2.46 |
-6.59 |
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