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Movers & Shakers: May 23, 2014
Botswana: DCI +0.29%, USD 322k
Some action in Choppies (652k shares) about the only talking point in Gaborone as value traded amounted to USD 322k.
Egypt: Closed for the day.
Kenya: NSE 20 +0.21%, USD 5.6m
Activity slowed down today as value traded amounted to $5.6m. A cross in CFC Stanbic drove activity with the buyer being foreign while the seller was local. EQBNK (+2.6%) had a good day on the back of foreign participation as 2.1m shares changed hands while foreign demand in KNCB (+0.5%) drove the name higher. Locals drove activity in EABL as 146k shares traded while Safcom was very quiet with only 2.74m shares traded.
Mauritius: Semdex +0.33%, USD 1.77m
The banks, yet again, were the dominant stocks in the market accounting for more than half the total turnover although Lux Island Resorts (+1.18%, Rs43) also saw decent activity for a change. MCBG gained 92bps to Rs220 while SBM closed unchanged at Rs1.05. Elsewhere in the Sem-7 ENL Land slid by 49bps to Rs50.50.
NNigeria: ASI +0.71%, USD 19.12migeria
A rather slow day in Lagos as value traded amounted to $19.12m with DangCem ($3.96m) driving activity. Other notable contributors towards turnover were NB ($2.19m), Oando ($2.17m), GTB ($1.54m) and WAPCO ($1.53m). Banks closed the day slightly lower with the Index falling -0.07% with GTB (-1.67%) and ETI (-1.37%) being the worst performers. The good run in consumers (+0.72%) continued with Dangote Sugar (+3.58%) and NB (+1.52%) being the star performers.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.44%, USD 2.69m
A much better day in Harare thanks to a cross in Delta ($2.41m) as value traded amounted to USD 2.69m while only 15k Econet traded. The market managed to close the day higher with the Industrial Index gaining +0.44%.
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
10.32 |
+1.63 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
162.35 |
-1.23 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
87.71 |
-1.61 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
30.17 |
-0.40 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
8.65 |
+0.61 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1663.00 |
-4.39 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2519.45 |
+0.20 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
686.90 |
-1.59 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
2.91 |
-18.38 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
484.08 |
-0.82 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.13 |
-2.61 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
8.23 |
-0.56 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.63 |
+0.75 |
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