Market Insight: April 14, 2014


Africa

•  Zimbabwe said to have issued $32.1m of Treasury Bills
•  Shoprite plans to double size of furniture unit on Africa growth
•  Ivory Coast signs deal with Bouygues for Abidjan train

Nigeria

•  ASI +29bps, $24.9mill
•  Banks closed off the week very strong on Friday with the Index gaining +1.31%

Kenya

•  NSE20 +54bps, $24.9mill
•  Massive foreign crosses in Safcom (123m shares in total) drove activity

Botswana

•  DCI -13bps, $258k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -31bps, $85mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -29bps, $1.63mill

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -120bps, mining unch, $1.21mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.44

+0.44

Nigeria

NGN

160.85

-0.34

Kenya

KES

86.70

-0.46

Mauritius

MUR

30.05

unch

Botswana

BWP

8.70

+0.09

Tanzania

TZS

1633.50

-2.66

Uganda

UGX

2513.90

+0.52

Rwanda

RWF

683.02

-1.03

Ghana

GHS

2.77

-14.41

BRVM

XOF

475.32

+1.03

Egypt

EGP

6.97

-0.41

Morocco

MAD

8.11

+0.88

Tunisia

TND

1.57

+4.18

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