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Movers & Shakers: November 07, 2014
Botswana: DSE +0.02%, USD 515k
There was some action in Choppies today at 405t while there was also some decent activity in the normally very illiquid Turnstar (201t).
Kenya: NSE 20 -0.02%, USD 7.2m
Activity increased today on the back of a rise in foreign participation (67.7%) with turnover amounting to $7.2m. Foreign demand in Safcom (+1.2%) continues to drive the telco higher as 17.53m shares traded in the name. The two major banks ended the day mixed as EQBNK gained +0.5% while KNCB closed -0.9% lower on average volume. There was also continued foreign demand in EABL as the brewer gained +0.3% on 108k shares.
Mauritius: Semdex -0.21%, USD 2.27m
Another weak day in Port Louis while volumes remain decent. MCBG continues to soften and closed down a further 24bps at Rs206.50 while SBMH ended the day unchanged at Rs1.03.
Nigeria: ASI -3.68%, USD 40.4m
Another very active day in Lagos as turnover amounted to a very impressive $40.4m while there was no respite in the selling as the ASI fell by -3.68%. There was some action in the likes of Zenith ($8.39m), GTB ($6.40m), FBNH ($4.80m), NB ($3.81m) and Nestle ($3.08m). Banks continued to fall with FBNH (-7.03%), ETI (-4.89%), GTB (-4.00%) and Access (-2.63%) coming under pressure. Consumers (-2.66%) were also very weak as PZ Cussons (-9.73%), Cadbury (-8.47%) and Flour Mills (-5.00%) continued to slide. There was also weakness in WAPCO and DangCem as the names fell -5.00% each.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.12%, USD 1.38m
A more respectable day on the Harare bourse. There was decent action in the likes of Seedco (91c), Econet (70c) and Delta (115c).
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
11.25 |
-6.80 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
166.40 |
-3.67 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
89.85 |
-3.95 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
31.52 |
-4.66 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
9.33 |
-6.12 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1708.50 |
-6.94 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2710.00 |
-6.75 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
694.26 |
-2.63 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
3.22 |
-26.35 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
531.70 |
-9.72 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.14 |
-2.81 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
8.88 |
-7.96 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.83 |
-10.58 |
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