Movers & Shakers: September 28, 2017

Botswana: DCI +0.13%, USD $1m

FPC(+0.05%, $981k) traded 97% of the market turnover today closing at 2.50t the only counter woth mentioning.

Kenya: NSE 20 -0.40%, USD 2.3m

A very dull day in Nairobi today with the market turnover down to a mere $2.3m. The NSE 20 share index was also down 0.35%. Foreign investor participation improved to 53.9% compared to yesterday’s 39.6%, accounting for 72.89% of total buying and 34.9% of total selling. Safaricom was the top mover on the back of active foreign buying. The counter however closed 1.94% lower at KES25.25.

Mauritius: Semdex +0.13%, USD 1.45m

The Semdex strengthened for the second consecutive day, rising 0.13% while volumes remain decent. Activity was spread across the board with the likes of MCBG (unch, Rs287.00), SBM (-0.5%, Rs7.90), NMH (unch, Rs23.00), Lux (unch, Rs62.50) and Terra (unch, 29.50) contributing to the strengthening of the index.

Nigeria: ASI +0.93%, USD 11.19m

Half of today’s activity was dominated by Dangcem ($3.3mn) which had a number of crosses done by foreigners and Wapco ($2.0mn) which crossed 4m shares involving a foreign buyer and local seller. The banking Index closed in positive territory (+1.35%) sustained by Zenith (+3.51%, N23.30), Unity Bank (+3.45%, N0.60), GTB (+2.04%, N40.00) and Stanbic (+0.63%, N40.00). The consumer sector was also up sustained by gains in PZ (+4.00%, N26.00), Intbrew (+2.78%, N37.00), Nestle (+1.23%, N1,225) and NB (+0.30%, N166.00).

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

Zimbabwe: Industrials -2.36%, USD 1.9m

Things slowed down in Zimbabwe today with some activity in Innscor (178.08c, $863k) 45% of the market, after reporting 11% increase in net income for FY2017. Delta (278.56c, $694k) 36% of turnover and Padenga (90.13c, $127k) the major drivers on the bourse.

African Currencies

 

AFRICA STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE

   

CURRENCIES

 
                     
 

Country

Index

28-Sep-17

YTD %

   

Notation

Currency

YTD %

 
 

Botswana

DCI

8924.89

-8.00%

    

BWP

10.31

3.53

  
 

Egypt

CASE 30

13888.51

12.51%

    

EGP

17.64

2.73

  
 

Kenya

NSE 20

3716.72

16.65%

    

GHS

4.41

-6.70

  
 

Malawi

Malawi All Share

19822.11

48.81%

    

KES

103.25

-0.76

  
 

Mauritius

SEMDEX

2229.99

23.31%

    

MAD

9.44

7.37

  
   

SEM 10

432.47

25.34%

    

MUR

33.89

6.12

  
 

Nigeria

Nigeria All Share

35429.31

31.83%

    

NGN

355.99

-11.17

  
 

Tanzania

TSI

3742.45

1.76%

    

RWF

846.18

-2.86

  
 

Zambia

LUSE All Share

4974.02

19.61%

    

TND

2.48

-6.83

  
 

Zimbabwe

Industrial Index

413.90

184.27%

    

TZS

2 235.10

-2.42

  
   

Mining Index

108.48

85.40%

    

UGX

3 598.86

-0.06

  
     
 
 
    

XOF

572.08

10.11

  
     
 
 
    

ZAR

13.52

1.50

  
     
 
 
    

*ZIM - OMIR

3.27

135.00

  
     
 
 
    

*Zimbabwe Old Mutial Implied Rate

  
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