A quiet day in Gaborone today.
Safaricom traded as low as 24.50 into the close but closed at 26.75 on a day dominated by foreign selling in the name. It accounted for a total of approximately 30% of turnover on the day, as EABL, KNCB, COOP and EQBNK were the other dominant names on the day, with the four names accounting or another 55% of turnover.
A massive day in Port Louis today on the back of crosses in Lux on the crossing board, accounting for 85% of turnover. MCBG (+1.2%, Rs260) clipped higher again today, with 241k shares exchanging hands. The Semdex and the SEM-10 both closed the week higher by 0.12% and 0.26% to 2,155.47 points and 410.10 points respectively.
A positive close to the week in Nigeria with block trades in tier-one banks, Zenith and Guaranty, dominating the turnover on the day. Zenith (+2.84%) and Guaranty (-0.50%) recorded $9m and $8.1m respectively, with both accounting for 65% of turnover. There was also a cross of about 54m shares of Dangsugar (-0.23%) at 20.86, as the name recorded a turnover of $3.2m.
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Activity was muted again today as the market turnover was mainly geared towards OK ($415k), Delta ($312k) and Seedco ($307k), the names accounted for 32%, 24% and 24% respectively.
AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE |
CURRENCIES |
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Country |
Index |
15-Dec-17 |
YTD % |
Country |
Notation |
15-Dec-17 |
YTD % |
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Botswana |
DCI |
8850.43 |
-8.77% |
Botswana |
BWP |
10.26 |
4.27 |
|||
Egypt |
CASE 30 |
14651.42 |
18.69% |
Egypt |
EGP |
17.86 |
1.46 |
|||
Kenya |
NSE 20 |
3707.76 |
16.37% |
Ghana |
GHS |
4.51 |
-8.77 |
|||
Malawi |
MASI |
21480.98 |
61.26% |
Kenya |
KES |
103.25 |
-0.76 |
|||
Mauritius |
SEMDEX |
2155.47 |
19.19% |
Morocco |
MAD |
9.45 |
7.17 |
|||
SEM 10 |
410.10 |
18.86% |
Mauritius |
MUR |
33.89 |
6.12 |
||||
Morocco |
MASI |
12422.69 |
6.69% |
Nigeria |
NGN |
359.99 |
-12.41 |
|||
Nigeria |
NSI |
38436.08 |
43.02% |
Rwanda |
RWF |
844.17 |
-2.63 |
|||
Tanzania |
TSI |
3863.34 |
5.04% |
Tunisia |
TND |
2.51 |
-7.88 |
|||
Rwanda |
RSI |
135.47 |
6.45% |
Tanzania |
TZS |
2 131.16 |
2.34 |
|||
Uganda |
USE ALSI |
1795.66 |
21.54% |
Uganda |
UGX |
3 620.77 |
-0.67 |
|||
Zambia |
LUSE All Share |
5343.61 |
28.50% |
BRVM |
XOF |
579.83 |
8.64 |
|||
Zimbabwe |
Industrial Index |
328.44 |
125.58% |
South Africa |
ZAR |
13.32 |
3.18 |
|||
Mining Index |
141.47 |
141.79% |
Zimbabwe |
*OMIR |
1.68 |
22.86 |
||||
*Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate |