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Movers & Shakers: May 14, 2015
Botswana: DCI +0.18%, USD 2.1m
Letshego continued with its dominance in the market as the counter traded a total of 5.7m shares to close unchanged at 350t. FNBB was the other significant contributor- the stock traded a total of 125k shares to close at 382t.
Kenya: NSE 20 -0.02%, USD 13.9m
KCB accounted for 42% of market activity as the counter closed up 0.9% to KES58. Safaricom recouped its previous losses by closing up 1.6% at KES16.35 on the back of revived demand. Other gainers included Co- op Bank (+3.4%, KES22.75), Diamond Trust (+0.4%, KES239) and ARM (+2.6%, KES79.50) whilst EABL closed down 1% at KES303
Mauritius: Semdex +0.44%, USD 1.4m
Turnover was mainly geared towards MCBG and SBM- accounted for 59% of total turnover. MCBG closed up 0.5% at Rs204 as 59k shares were exchanged in the name whilst SBM closed down 1% after trading a bulky 17.8m shares. NMH closed strong at Rs63.50 (+0.8%) after trading 140k shares.
Nigeria: ASI +0.61%, USD 20.3m
Trades in GTB and Zenith Bank carried the day- counters contributed $5.1m and $6m towards turnover respectively. The Banking index closed up 1.17% on the back of gains in Zenith bank (+3.26%, N22.20) and GTB (+1.01%, N30) most banking names closed in the green with Diamond Bank (-1.54%, N4.48) and Skye Bank (-8.82%, N2.17) as the exceptions. The Consumer index closed up 0.27% due to gains in Flourmills (+3.43%, N36.20) and 7Up (+3.47%, N176). The market was generally quiet with most counters registering small trades.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.02%, USD 4.0m
African Sun accounted for the bulk of activity after a special bargain deal of 99.5m shares went through at 3c in the name- the counter close unchanged at 2.70c. Other significant contributors included Delta ($528k) and Mash ($368k).
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
11.78 |
-1.80 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
198.00 |
-7.35 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
96.15 |
-5.77 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
34.94 |
-9.13 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
9.68 |
-1.76 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
2015.00 |
-14.00 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2993.00 |
-7.42 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
724.04 |
-4.73 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
3.95 |
-18.64 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
580.96 |
-6.70 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.63 |
-6.20 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
9.62 |
-5.54 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.91 |
-2.67 |
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