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Market Insight: April 17, 2013
Africa
• Rwanda plans $400mill debut bond sale to accelerate economic growth
• IMF raises sub-Saharan African growth forecast for 2014 to 6.1%
• Ghana Stock Exchange pursuing companies including Kosmos Energy to list in effort to boost liquidity
Nigeria
• ASI -0.59%, $22.46m
• Quiet session as investors non-committal as to next move
Kenya
• NSE20 -0.95%, $6.2m
• Profit taking the name of the game while activity driven by local participants
• President Kenyatta targets sustained economic growth of more than 10% per year by cutting wage bill
Botswana
• DCI +0.12%, $136k
Egypt
• EGX30 +0.38%, $50m
Mauritius
• Semdex +0.12%, $1.98m
South Africa
• Top40 +1.18%, $1.6bn
Zambia
• LuSE +0.89%, $408k
Zimbabwe
• Ind -0.21%, Mining +0.43%, $1.57m
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
9.14 |
-7.37 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
158.10 |
-1.23 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
83.90 |
+2.62 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
31.03 |
-1.53 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
8.17 |
+5.05 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1627.00 |
-2.58 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2540.00 |
+5.42 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
636.93 |
-0.86 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
1.94 |
-2.06 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
501.49 |
-0.46 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
6.88 |
-7.60 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
8.48 |
-0.31 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.59 |
-2.82 |
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