Movers & Shakers: February 10, 2012

Botswana: DCI +0.01%, Vols USD 107k

The market ended the day rather flat with the DCI gaining 0.01% while value traded amounted to USD 107k. Cresta (80, +4t) was the only name to trade higher on the day while there were no stocks that traded lower.

Egypt: Market closed for the day

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.11%, Vols USD 1.23m

The market closed the day lower with the NSE 20 Index gaining 0.11% to close at 3,60.51 while value traded amounted to USD 1.23m. EQBNK was the biggest contributor towards value traded (USD 268k) with the name closing at 18.10. COOP was the the second biggest contributor towards value traded (USD 214k) with the counter closing at 11.90. WTK closed the day at 301.00 and was the third biggest contributor towards value traded (USD 121k).

Mauritius: Semdex -0.01%, Vols USD 622k

The market ended the day rather flat with the Semdex closing lower by 0.01% at 1,832.83 while value traded amounted to USD 622k. Both MCB and SBM closed the day flat at 166.00 and 78.50 respectively. NMH fell 0.64% to close at 78.00 while Rogers closed the day flat at 325.00. Both ENL and Terra closed the day flat at 42.00 and 38.50 respectively.

Nigeria: ASI -0.02%, Vols USD 8.59m

The Nigerian ASI fell 0.02% while value traded amounted to USD 8.59m. Top traded stocks were Access Bank, Law Union & Rock Insurance, UBA, Skye Bank, First Bank, Diamond Bank, Zenith Bank, Fidelity Bank, UACN Property Development and Transcorp Plc. Top losers of the day were BAGCO Plc (-5.00%), Diamond Bank (-5.00%), Julius Berger (-5.00%), UAC Property Development (-5.00%) and MRS Oil (-4.99%) The gainers were led by Vita Foam Plc (4.97%), Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (4.93%), Eterna Oil (4.38%), Redstar Express (3.95%) and RT Briscoe (2.68%). The banking sector index closed down 32 bps. Access Bank closed up 1.03% at N5.86 and traded 36.08m units while First Bank also closed up 0.30% at N10.16 while trading 9.65m units. GTB closed up 1.26% at N13.70 while trading 4.06m units. The sector also had crosses of 4m units of Unity Bank, 33.4m units of Access Bank, 14m units of UBA, 2m units of Wema Bank, 6.2m units of Fidelity Bank,7m units of Skye Bank and 5.3m units of Diamond Bank. In the building materials sector, Cement Company of Northern Nigeria closed down 3.01% at N4.51 and traded 197k units while Ashaka Cement closed up 0.95% at N10.60 and traded 351k units in total. Lafarge Wapco closed flat at N45.50 and traded 285k units. In the food and beverages sector, Nigerian Breweries closed up 1.38% at N95.40 and traded 1.09m units in total while Nestle closed flat at N446.65 and traded 211k units. Cadbury closed flat at N9.15 and traded 1.19m units in total. There were also crosses of 2.9m units of Intercontinental Wapic Insurance, 1m units of Mutual Benefits Assurance, 20m units of Law Union and Rock Insurance, 2.5m units of PZ Cussons, 7m units of UACN Properties, 3m units of Law Union and Rock Insurance and 2m units of Transcorp.

South Africa: Top 40 -1.27%, Vols USD 1.47bn

The JSE ended the day lower with the Top 40 Index falling 1.27% to close at 30,210 while value traded amounted to USD 1.47bn. Resources were the day's biggest losers with the Index falling 2.09% followed by Financials and Industrials which fell 1.53% and 0.59%. The Rand was trading at 7.75 and 10.20 to the USD and EUR respectively by the time local markets closed.

Zambia: LuSE -0.05%, Vols USD 944k

The market recorded a turnover of USD 944,057. The counters that traded today included CCHZ, CECZ, INVE, PUMA, SCBL, ZMBF, ZNCO and ZSUG. The biggest contributor towards turnover was ZMBF, 1,808,419 shares traded at an average price of ZMK 2,600, turnover amounted to USD 940,377. The second biggest contributor towards turnover was CCHZ, 749,693 shares traded at an average price of ZMK 5, turnover amounted to USD 749.

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.83%, Mining Unch, Vols USD 636k

Trading was fairly active today with PPC, TURNALL & CBZ dominating the gainers while ZB, ART & STAR being the major lossers. Gains witnessed in heavy weight counters DELTA, ECONET, HIPPO and INNSCOR contributed to the Industrial Index’s marginal gain. Miners traded at previous levels despite a 28.39% gain in FALGOLD on the back of a very small volume. Rio registered the largest trade with interest remaining in the stock despite mixed reports on the company's impending capital raise.