Market Insight: April 08, 2013


Africa

•  Angola plans iron, manganese investments to cut oil reliance
•  Egypt, Sudan to reopen direct road links
•  Zimbabwe weighs limits on investor stakes in banks

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.11%, $26.23mill
•  Banks lead the market lower with the Bank 10 Index falling 1.27%

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.20%, $6.4mill
•  NIC Bank released results which saw net profits climb 31.8%

Botswana

•  DCI +10bps, $130k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +96bps, $19mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -14bps, $605k

South Africa

•  Top40 -158bps, $2.05bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -13bps, $6.6k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +1bps, mining -121bps, $1.24mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.09

-6.86

Nigeria

NGN

157.50

-0.86

Kenya

KES

84.85

+1.47

Mauritius

MUR

31.15

-1.93

Botswana

BWP

8.16

+4.82

Tanzania

TZS

1594.20

-0.58

Uganda

UGX

2599.00

+3.03

Rwanda

RWF

634.90

-0.54

Ghana

GHS

1.94

-1.96

BRVM

XOF

505.86

-1.28

Egypt

EGP

6.83

-6.93

Morocco

MAD

8.54

-0.85

Tunisia

TND

1.59

-2.36

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