TABLE-Africa 40 index leaders and laggards in past week

JOHANNESBURG, July 6 (Reuters) - Guaranty Trust Bank of
Nigeria GTB.LG was the top-performing stock in Africa,
excluding South Africa, in the week to July 3, according to Nex
Rubica data released on Monday.

Below is a table of the five best and worst performing
stocks based on the Nex-Rubica Africa 40 Index of African
equities excluding South Africa:

Top Five Pct change Pct change YTD

Guaranty Trust Bank GTB.LG 21.29 13.95

United Bank of Africa (UBA.LG: Quote) 16.21 11.79

Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals (SKPC.CA: Quote) 13.47 20.83

Dangote Sugar DANG.LG 12.61 12.90

First Bank of Nigeria FBNP.LG 12.19 4.22

Bottom Five Pct change Pct change YTD

Intercontinental Bank INBK.LG -2.45 -36.48

State Bank of Mauritius SBML.MZ -8.00 35.29

African Petroleum APET.LG -5.24 -66.15

Addoha (ADH.CS: Quote) -4.44 36.43

Wafa Assur (WASS.CS: Quote) -4.20 0.84

Note - The Nex-Rubica methodology ranks shares with a
minimum market capitalisation of $500 million and a free float
of greater than 25 percent within each issuer. It is a free
float adjusted, market cap weighted index that aims to capture
over 50 percent of the (publicly available) total market
capitalisation of stocks in the region.

It applies cross-ownership and local legal restriction
screens to stocks with a market cap greater than one percent of
each country's total. Component companies are adjusted for
available float, unavailable strategic shareholdings and
limitations to foreign ownership.

For more information contact info@nexrubica.com

(Compiled by Tiisetso Motsoeneng; Editing by Dan Lalor)