The market started the week on a positive note. Engen and BIHL dominated the action on the day, accounting for 66% and 23% of turnover respectively.
The NSE 20 started the week on a negative note with turnover increasing 37%. Foreign participation went up slightly to 82% from 80%. Crosses in Safaricom and Equity Bank dominated the action on the day, accounting for 57% and 26% of turnover respectively.
MCBG (unch, Rs260.00) was the top turnover driver today with 276 shares exchanging hands, of which 276k were foreign sales. Both the Semdex and the Sem-10 dipped closing -0.18% and -0.08% respectively.
Nigeria resumed from its holiday on Friday to close positive, supported by the Consumers, Insurance and Industrials, as the Banks and Oils closed lower. There was a cross of 70m, shares of CUSTODYINS at 3.75. Crosses in Zenith, NB, Guaranty and UACN dominated the turnover on the day with the four above accounting for a total of 61% of turnover.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Only two names worth mentioning in Harare today OML ($335k) and Seedco ($315k) accounted for 91% of total market turnover, with the rest of the other counters were quiet.
AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE |
CURRENCIES |
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Country |
Index |
4-Dec-17 |
YTD % |
Country |
Notation |
4-Dec-17 |
YTD % |
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Botswana |
DCI |
8886.80 |
-8.39% |
Botswana |
BWP |
10.34 |
3.42 |
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Egypt |
CASE 30 |
14572.17 |
18.05% |
Egypt |
EGP |
17.75 |
2.11 |
||||
Kenya |
NSE 20 |
3803.78 |
19.38% |
Ghana |
GHS |
4.46 |
-7.85 |
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Malawi |
MASI |
21189.04 |
59.07% |
Kenya |
KES |
103.05 |
-0.56 |
||||
Mauritius |
SEMDEX |
2177.24 |
20.40% |
Morocco |
MAD |
9.42 |
7.47 |
||||
SEM 10 |
413.04 |
19.71% |
Mauritius |
MUR |
33.58 |
7.13 |
|||||
Morocco |
MASI |
12507.03 |
7.41% |
Nigeria |
NGN |
360.00 |
-12.41 |
||||
Nigeria |
NSI |
37974.58 |
41.30% |
Rwanda |
RWF |
854.00 |
-3.75 |
||||
Tanzania |
TSI |
3828.70 |
4.10% |
Tunisia |
TND |
2.52 |
-7.98 |
||||
Rwanda |
RSI |
133.31 |
4.75% |
Tanzania |
TZS |
2 245.25 |
-2.86 |
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Uganda |
USE ALSI |
1782.84 |
20.67% |
Uganda |
UGX |
3 632.65 |
-1.00 |
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Zambia |
LUSE All Share |
5347.15 |
28.58% |
BRVM |
XOF |
565.03 |
11.49 |
||||
Zimbabwe |
Industrial Index |
365.93 |
151.33% |
South Africa |
ZAR |
13.61 |
0.91 |
||||
Mining Index |
126.86 |
116.82% |
Zimbabwe |
*OMIR |
2.23 |
63.40 |
|||||
*Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate |
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