Movers & Shakers: April 18, 2017

Botswana: DCI -0.01%, USD 104k

Another quiet day in Gaborone.

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.03%, USD 8.2m

A solid start to the week in Nairobi after the long weekend thanks mostly to some action in KNCB ($3.6m) as a foreign cross went through in the name early doors. Elsewhere, there was also some decent activity in EQBNK ($1m) and Stanbic ($1m) while the rest of the market was quiet.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.11%, USD 470k

Nothing much to report from Port Louis with even MCBG being dead quiet.

Nigeria: ASI -1.14%, USD 7.9m

A slow start to the week in Lagos after the long weekend with GTB ($3.2m) the only name worth mentioning from an activity point of view. Banking stocks (-1.45%) closed the day lower thanks to UBA (-2.80%) and GTB (-0.81%) while consumers closed -0.74% lower on tiny volume.

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

Zimbabwe: Closed for the day.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

13.34

2.95

Nigeria

NGN

315.99

-0.21

Kenya

KES

103.35

-0.81

Mauritius

MUR

35.35

1.77

Botswana

BWP

10.47

2.14

Tanzania

TZS

2233.95

-2.37

Uganda

UGX

3615.00

-0.51

Rwanda

RWF

839.25

-2.06

Ghana

GHS

4.21

0.53

BRVM

XOF

615.93

2.27

Egypt

EGP

18.09

0.30

Morocco

MAD

10.03

0.95

Tunisia

TND

2.35

-2.00
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