Movers & Shakers: December 08, 2014

Botswana: DCI +0.01%, USD 247k

A rather dull start to the week on the BSE. The only action worth noting was some trading in FNBB (360t) while there was smalls in Primetime (260t) and Turnstar (200t).

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.17%, USD 13.2m

A very active start to the week as total value traded amounted to $13.2m with foreigners dominating proceedings. The impressive rally in Safcom continued on the back of foreign demand with the telco gaining +1.4% on 36.77m shares. Foreign demand drove EQBNK (+1.0%) higher as there were a few crosses in the name. EABL also continues to rally on foreign deamnd as the brewer closed +2.2% higher on 163k shares. There was some action in the usually illiquid NMG as 152k shares traded.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.20%, USD 825k

A quiet start to the week in Mauritius. The bulk of the activity took place in SBMH (+98bps, Rs1.03) while MCBG closed down 50bps at Rs201.00. There was also a big fall in Ciel (-1.80%, Rs7.62) while Terra closed up 59bps at Rs34.00.

Nigeria: ASI -0.46%, USD 23.9m

A rather average start to the week as turnover amounted to $23.9m with some action in the likes of GTB ($7.99m), FBNH ($1.63m), DangCem ($1.49m) and Nestle ($1.38m). Banks ended the day lower with the Index falling -0.36% thanks to some pressure on Zenith (-1.44%) and Access (-0.57%). Consumers (-0.79%) were also weak as PZ Cussons (-5.96%) and Guinness (-2.72%) dragged the sector lower.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.22%, USD 1.08m

A quiet day in Zimbabwe with action focused on Econet (65c) and Innscor (60c) while the rest of the market was extremely quiet.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.48

-8.69

Nigeria

NGN

182.55

-12.19

Kenya

KES

90.40

-4.54

Mauritius

MUR

31.70

-5.21

Botswana

BWP

9.41

-7.61

Tanzania

TZS

1747.50

-9.01

Uganda

UGX

2760.00

-8.44

Rwanda

RWF

701.02

-3.57

Ghana

GHS

3.22

-26.25

BRVM

XOF

537.15

-10.60

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.83

Morocco

MAD

8.95

-8.59

Tunisia

TND

1.86

-11.77
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