Movers & Shakers: October 07, 2014

Botswana: DCI +0.19%, USD 5.29m

A very active day in Gaborone with some chunky trading in Choppies (420t) the main focal point. There was also some decent activity in Letshego (273t).

Egypt: Closed for the day.

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.44%, USD 7.7m

Foreign selling for the 3rd consecutive day pushed the NSE 20 lower. The most active name was Equity Bank which witnessed some large foreign selling although the name ended the day unchanged at KES 50.50. Foreign trading in BATK and Foreign selling in BMBC were also notable. Safcom slipped by 90bps to KES12.75 while KNCB ended the day unchanged at KES58.50.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.06%, USD 1.02m

It was a rather average day in Port Louis as turnover fell to USD 1.02m. The big names were rather quiet as only 14k shares and 154k shares traded in MCBG and SBM respectively.

Nigeria: Closed today and tomorrow.

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.91%, USD 1.52m

Some chunky action in Econet (78.1c mostly local selling, foreign buying) today as the name continues to trade strong which is opposite to the rest of the ZSE. There was also some action in Delta (126c) and Padenga (7.51c).

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.24

-6.64

Nigeria

NGN

164.38

-2.48

Kenya

KES

89.30

-3.36

Mauritius

MUR

31.55

-4.75

Botswana

BWP

9.28

-5.74

Tanzania

TZS

1678.00

-5.24

Uganda

UGX

2645.00

-4.46

Rwanda

RWF

691.73

-2.28

Ghana

GHS

3.23

-26.47

BRVM

XOF

525.01

-8.54

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.87

Morocco

MAD

8.79

-7.03

Tunisia

TND

1.80

-9.12
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