Movers & Shakers: November 15, 2017


Botswana: No data available at time of writing

Kenya: NSE20 +0.24%, USD 7.15m

Most of today’s action was in EABL (-0.4%, KES240), Safaricom (+2.0%, KES25.25), KCB (+2.5%, KES41.00). Foreign participation was up 50.2% from 48.9% yesterday. Trading on Kenya Airways has been suspended, effective from November 15th 2017 up to and including November 28th 2017. The suspension is to facilitate the share split and consolidation of shares which forms part of the company’s restructuring.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.38%, USD 3.41m

SBMH (unch, Rs7.60) was among the top turnover drivers again today with 2m shares exchanging hands. MCBG (+0.4%, Rs275.00) on the back of foreign selling. Both the Semdex and the Sem-10 clipped higher again today.

Nigeria: ASI -0.91%, USD9.23m

Another average day in Lagos seeing the financial sector gain 1.03% and the consumers retreat 0.86%. Stanbic (unch, N42.50), FBNH (-1.67%, N6.90), Dangcem (-0.61%, N230.00) and Guaranty (-0.31%, N42.50) were the major movers on a slow day on the bourse.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -1.28%, USD 13.68m

The market opened with some strong selling amid political uncertainties due to the military coup in Harare. The industrial index dipped thanks to losses in Edgards (-19.8%), BAT (-7.5%), PPC (-4.5%) and Innscor (-1.8%). Turnover was geared towards Econet ($7.34m), Delta ($2.27m), PPC ($1.6m) and Seedco ($862k).

African Currencies

                       
  AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE     CURRENCIES  
                       
  Country Index 15-Nov-17 YTD %     Country Notation 15-Nov-17 YTD %  
  Botswana DCI 8904.05 -8.21%     Botswana BWP 10.59 0.85  
  Egypt CASE 30 14025.11 13.62%     Egypt EGP 17.66 2.66  
  Kenya NSE 20 3728.16 17.01%     Ghana GHS 4.51 -8.87  
  Malawi MASI 20263.60 52.12%     Kenya KES 103.80 -1.01  
  Mauritius SEMDEX 2202.89 21.82%     Morocco MAD 9.40 7.68  
    SEM 10 420.42 21.85%     Mauritius MUR 34.06 5.61  
  Morocco MASI 12629.15 8.46%     Nigeria NGN 359.88 -12.38  
  Nigeria NSI 36617.45 36.25%     Rwanda RWF 852.50 -3.58  
  Tanzania TSI 3834.47 4.26%     Tunisia TND 2.49 -6.79  
  Rwanda RSI 134.13 5.40%     Tanzania TZS 2,244.50 -2.83  
  Uganda USE ALSI 1710.24 15.76%     Uganda UGX 3,637.38 -1.12  
  Zambia LUSE All Share 5017.54 20.66%     BRVM XOF 558.24 12.84  
  Zimbabwe Industrial Index 534.13 266.85%     South Africa ZAR 14.34 -4.19  
    Mining Index 138.12 136.06%     Zimbabwe *OMIR 5.76 321.89  
              *Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate    

 

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