Movers & Shakers: November 07, 2017

Botswana: DCI -0.06%, USD 28.6k

An uneventful day in Gaborone today with small activity in Letshego.

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.24%, USD 10.7m

Market turnover on the Nairobi bourse improved after political uncertainty subsiding with foreigners dominating the selling with 84.0% and the buy with 52.8% of the market. Safcom (-2.00%, KES24.50) dominated proceedings accounting for 77% of total market turnover. Equity (unch, KES40.00) was the only other name to break the $1m mark with both Safcom and Equity being dictated by overseas purchasers.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.06%, USD 2.19m

The market traded slightly higher today, as MCBG(+0.8%, Rs278.50) and SBMH (-0.3%, Rs7.38) led the proceedings. While indices closed all on the upside with the Semdex reaching 2,197.97 points (+0.04%) and the SEM-10 at 420.89 points (+0.14%).

Nigeria: ASI +0.22%, USD8m

Not much improvement from yesterday’s dealings seeing the financial sector up 0.45% while the consumers depreciated 0.66%. NB (-0.61%, N144.10) was almost a third of market turnover, Cadbury (+0.68%, N10.35) and GTB (+0.67%, N42.03) were the major movers on a slow day at the bourse.

Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.62%, USD 4.31m

The industrial index recovered to close the day 3.26 points firmer with turnover at $4.31m. Econet was 50% of turnover followed by OML, Simbisa and FML.

African Currencies

                       
  AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE     CURRENCIES  
                       
  Country Index 7-Nov-17 YTD %     Country Notation 7-Nov-17 YTD %  
  Botswana DCI 8891.75 -8.34%     Botswana BWP 10.58 0.85  
  Egypt CASE 30 14057.56 13.88%     Egypt EGP 17.65 2.71  
  Kenya NSE 20 3788.84 18.91%     Ghana GHS 4.42 -7.01  
  Malawi MASI 20251.32 52.03%     Kenya KES 103.60 -1.09  
  Mauritius SEMDEX 2197.97 21.54%     Morocco MAD 9.55 6.03  
    SEM 10 420.89 21.98%     Mauritius MUR 34.40 4.56  
  Morocco MASI 12 459.31 #VALUE!     Nigeria NGN 360.25 -12.47  
  Nigeria NSI 37013.57 37.73%     Rwanda RWF 840.98 -2.26  
  Tanzania TSI 3833.73 4.24%     Tunisia TND 2.53 -8.48  
  Rwanda RSI 134.06 5.34%     Tanzania TZS 2,244.00 -2.81  
  Uganda USE ALSI 1750.43 18.48%     Uganda UGX 3,639.53 -1.18  
  Zambia LUSE All Share 4998.00 20.19%     BRVM XOF 591.47 6.51  
  Zimbabwe Industrial Index 527.49 262.29%     South Africa ZAR 14.17 -3.02  
    Mining Index 135.38 131.38%     Zimbabwe *OMIR 5.66 315.06  
              *Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate        

 

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