Movers & Shakers: November 18, 2014

Botswana: Data not available.

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.17%, USD 3.7m

A better day in Nairobi but still nothing to write home about as turnover amounted to $3.7m with locals dominating proceedings. There was some foreign interest (94% of purchases ) in Safcom as 4.2m shares traded in the telco. Foreigners (91.5%) dominated purchases in KNCB as the bank closed flat at KES 51.30. Britam (+1.0%) managed to close the day higher on the back of foreign purchases.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.03%, USD 2.10m

Another slightly weak day in Port Louis on the back of falls in MCBG (-25bps, Rs203), Gamma Civic (-1.05%, Rs47) and Terra (-45bps, Rs33.25) which was partially offset by BBCL (+2.42%, Rs6.76). SBMH closed unchanged at Rs1.04.

Nigeria: ASI -1.67%, USD 12.8m

Another exceptionally dull day in Lagos as turnover amounted to $12.8m. There was some activity in Zenith ($2.08m), NB ($1.73m), GTB ($1.49m) and Oando ($1.20m) the only names worth mentioning. Banks closed slightly higher with the Index gaining +0.05% thanks to UBA (+4.84%). Consumers (-0.61%) continued to fall with Flour Mills (-7.12%) and NB (-0.61%) dragging the Index lower. Cements took a beating with Ashaka (-9.38%), DangCem (-5.00%) and WAPCO (-2.50%) all coming under pressure.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.24%, USD 3.89m

A very active day in Harare led by solid activity in the likes of Innscor (65c), Delta (113c), Econet (69c), Seedco (95c) and Old Mutual (240c).

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.00

-4.67

Nigeria

NGN

173.30

-7.50

Kenya

KES

90.10

-4.22

Mauritius

MUR

31.60

-4.91

Botswana

BWP

9.19

-4.86

Tanzania

TZS

1728.50

-8.01

Uganda

UGX

2735.00

-7.61

Rwanda

RWF

695.25

-2.77

Ghana

GHS

3.20

-25.78

BRVM

XOF

526.72

-5.86

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.90

Morocco

MAD

8.81

-7.13

Tunisia

TND

1.82

-10.05
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