Movers & Shakers: October 18, 2016


Botswana: DCI unch, USD 406k

Some nice action today was witnessed in normally illiquid names. The 3 most active names were BIHL (1731t), Sechaba (2950t) and Turnstar (326t).

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.18%, USD 1.4m

Turnover continues to decline in Nairobi with foreigners all but absent. Some small action in NIC Bank ($317k) was the day's top mover while the big names were woefully quiet.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.10%, USD 3.7m

Today’s action was heavily dominated (66%) on the MCBG India Sovereign Bond. The name saw 230k shares change hands at a price of USD10.55. In normal trading, the main trades went through in MCBG (unch, Rs219.00).

Nigeria: ASI -0.29%, USD 5.1m

Save for a cross in ETI ($2.7m), it was another woeful day in Lagos as not a single other name managed to break the $1m mark. Both major sectors continued to fall with Consumers closing -1.11% lower, while Banks fell -0.94% as ETI (-2.59%) dragged the sector down.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.99%, USD 946k

The index continues to run strongly thanks to the aggressive local buyers. Delta closed today at 78c (albeit on tinies) while Innscor is now at 30c.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

13.96

10.75

Nigeria

NGN

315.25

-36.78

Kenya

KES

101.32

0.97

Mauritius

MUR

35.68

0.48

Botswana

BWP

10.67

5.39

Tanzania

TZS

2182.00

-1.50

Uganda

UGX

3454.00

-2.37

Rwanda

RWF

807.91

-7.79

Ghana

GHS

3.98

-4.40

BRVM

XOF

603.57

2.47

Egypt

EGP

8.88

-11.85

Morocco

MAD

9.86

0.70

Tunisia

TNF

2.24

-9.10

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