A positive day in Kenya as the market closed +1.31%, as none of the big four closing lower on the day with only EABL closing flat. All four names dominated the turnover, accounting for a total of 74% of total market turnover.
The Semdex weakened with Rs29.9m changing hands geared towards MCBG which was unchanged trading at Rs276.50 accounting for 25% of total market turnover, 70% of which was foreign purchases. NMH was at Rs26.00, Lux traded at Rs63.75 and Attitude Property ended the session at Rs12.05 the initial two were unchanged while the later advanced 2.1%.
A relatively quiet day in Nigeria as the market closed higher. The Banks led the gains together with the Consumers and insurance sectors. The Oil & Gas sector was lower on the back of FO (-9.73%) while the Industrials closed flat.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Only one name really worth mentioning on a semi-average day in Harare was Econet (163.98c, $2.92m) accounted for 65.3% of total market turnover all thanks to some enormous crosses. PPC (219.93c, $476k), Seedco (214.75c, $217.39k), Zimre (2.13c, $491k) and Econet (107.30c, $160.95k) the only names to break the $100k mark as uncertainty crept into investor sentiments with the tense political situation in the country surrounding the presidents potential impeachment.
AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE | CURRENCIES | ||||||||||
Country | Index | 20-Nov-17 | YTD % | Country | Notation | 20-Nov-17 | YTD % | ||||
Botswana | DCI | 8915.17 | -8.10% | Botswana | BWP | 10.49 | 1.82 | ||||
Egypt | CASE 30 | 13680.50 | 10.83% | Egypt | EGP | 17.66 | 2.65 | ||||
Kenya | NSE 20 | 3779.16 | 18.61% | Ghana | GHS | 4.60 | -10.56 | ||||
Malawi | MASI | 20326.52 | 52.60% | Kenya | KES | 103.70 | -1.19 | ||||
Mauritius | SEMDEX | 2221.67 | 22.85% | Morocco | MAD | 9.44 | 7.32 | ||||
SEM 10 | 423.98 | 22.88% | Mauritius | MUR | 34.07 | 5.56 | |||||
Morocco | MASI | 12631.60 | 8.48% | Nigeria | NGN | 359.92 | -12.39 | ||||
Nigeria | NSI | 36792.60 | 36.90% | Rwanda | RWF | 852.50 | -3.58 | ||||
Tanzania | TSI | 3829.15 | 4.11% | Tunisia | TND | 2.52 | -7.86 | ||||
Rwanda | RSI | 132.32 | 3.98% | Tanzania | TZS | 2,238.81 | -2.58 | ||||
Uganda | USE ALSI | 1726.94 | 16.89% | Uganda | UGX | 3,638.98 | -1.17 | ||||
Zambia | LUSE All Share | 5019.94 | 20.71% | BRVM | XOF | 572.62 | 10.01 | ||||
Zimbabwe | Industrial Index | 387.38 | 166.06% | South Africa | ZAR | 14.05 | -2.19 | ||||
Mining Index | 134.37 | 129.65% | Zimbabwe | *OMIR | 5.70 | 3.15 | |||||
*Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate |