Movers & Shakers: November 30, 2017


Botswana: DCI -0.18%, USD 939k

An honest day in Gaborone with BIHL ($300k) almost more than a third of total market turnover, Barclays ($266k) Nap ($111k) and Letshego ($96k) being the main contributors on the bourse.

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.54%, USD7.87m

The market closed on a negative note on lower volumes, compared to the previous day. Safcom, Eqbnk, Kncb and Eabl were the most active names on the day, accounting for a total of approximately 72% of turnover. Foreign participation was down to 65% from 76%.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.87%, USD 3.64m

The upward trend continued in Mauritius with Rs132m changing hands geared towards MCBG contributing 78% to the total market turnover. The stock declined -2.8% trading at Rs257.50 the majority of which was foreign buying and selling as its banking peer SBM followed suit closing lower by 1.8% trading at Rs7.56. Alteo gained 0.2% at Rs30.25 as Ciel was unmoved at Rs7.20.

Nigeria: ASI +0.62%, USD19.9m

Another positive day in Nigeria continued with the Industrials, Oil& Gas, and Banks leading the gains. Crosses in NB ($4.4m), Zenith ($2.7m), Guaranty ($2.4m) and Intbrew ($1.6m) accounted for approximately 56% of turnover. There was an off market cross in Transcorp worth $39.6m. it was reported to be a block divestment.

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials +1.51%, USD 12.4m

Crosses dominating the ZSE on an above average day seeing Innscor trading a massive $5m at 110.00c accounting for 42% of total market turnover. Old Mutual (600.30c, $2m), Delta (200.45c, $1.8m), Econet (120.00c, $1.4m) and Seedco (2.0797c, $1m) all breaking the one million dollar mark.

African Currencies

                       
  AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE     CURRENCIES  
                       
  Country Index 30-Nov-17 YTD %     Country Notation 30-Nov-17 YTD %  
  Botswana DCI 8880.38 -8.46%     Botswana BWP 10.33 3.53  
  Egypt CASE 30 14582.22 18.13%     Egypt EGP 17.69 2.47  
  Kenya NSE 20 3804.69 19.41%     Ghana GHS 4.56 -9.77  
  Malawi MASI 21122.43 58.57%     Kenya KES 103.10 -0.61  
  Mauritius SEMDEX 2179.89 20.54%     Morocco MAD 9.42 7.57  
    SEM 10 413.03 19.70%     Mauritius MUR 33.62 6.99  
  Morocco MASI 12618.62 8.37%     Nigeria NGN 359.75 -12.35  
  Nigeria NSI 37944.60 41.19%     Rwanda RWF 843.19 -2.51  
  Tanzania TSI 3828.70 4.10%     Tunisia TND 2.52 -7.93  
  Rwanda RSI 133.31 4.75%     Tanzania TZS 2,237.16 -2.51  
  Uganda USE ALSI 1781.75 20.60%     Uganda UGX 3,634.81 -1.05  
  Zambia LUSE All Share 5244.99 26.13%     BRVM XOF 571.31 10.26  
  Zimbabwe Industrial Index 376.69 158.72%     South Africa ZAR 13.66 0.59  
    Mining Index 126.86 116.82%     Zimbabwe *OMIR 2.25 64.87  
              *Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate    

 

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