Movers & Shakers: June 20, 2017

Botswana: DCI -0.08%, USD 1.4m

Some solid action in Sechaba (665k shares) completely dominated proceedings in Gaborone today.

Kenya: NSE 20 +0.50%, USD 15.7m

A very impressive day in Nairobi with EABL (unch) finally breaking the strangle hold that Safcom has had on volume as $4m worth of stock changed hands in the brewer. There was also some solid activity in Safcom ($3.6m) with local sellers pushing the telco -1.1% lower. Banking stocks Co-op ($1.5m) and KNCB ($1.4m) also saw some decent local activity today.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.30%, USD 1.5m

MCBG’s rally continues to trundle along as the baking giant reached yet another all-time high. The stock closed at Rs260.00 (+1.2%). The name also accounted for the bulk of the trading turnover as per usual.

Nigeria: ASI +0.71%, USD 13.3m

A rather dull day in Lagos with no crosses of any significance. Activity was dominated by the likes of Zenith ($3.3m), NB ($3.3m) and DangCem ($1m). Banking stocks ended the day -0.68% lower with Zenith (-1.87%) being the major drag on the sector. Consumers closed +1.06% higher thanks to NB (+1.82%).

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -0.18%, USD 1.2m

The rally finally took a breath today with the index slipping by 18bps while volumes remain relatively robust, although still heavily dominated by locals.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

13.08

5.14

Nigeria

NGN

324.63

-2.86

Kenya

KES

103.58

-1.03

Mauritius

MUR

34.86

3.23

Botswana

BWP

10.29

3.63

Tanzania

TZS

2237.00

-2.50

Uganda

UGX

3591.50

0.14

Rwanda

RWF

840.00

-2.14

Ghana

GHS

4.41

-3.97

BRVM

XOF

590.31

6.71

Egypt

EGP

18.10

0.23

Morocco

MAD

9.80

3.36

Tunisia

TND

2.48

-6.75
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