Market Insight: April 17, 2014


Nigeria

•  ASI +21bps, $22.5m
•  Access (+5%) led the banks’ rally (+44bps) while consumers largely quiet
•  Transcorp plans to raise $1bn to build power plants

Kenya

•  NSE20 -8bps, $11.4m
•  Chunky trading in KNCB dominated an active day

Botswana

•  DCI -4bps, $6k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +67bps, $116m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -8bps, $1.25m

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -1.54%, Mining unch, $4.31m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.56

-0.73

Nigeria

NGN

162.25

-1.20

Kenya

KES

86.90

-0.69

Mauritius

MUR

30.05

unch

Botswana

BWP

8.76

-0.22

Tanzania

TZS

1634.00

-2.69

Uganda

UGX

2510.00

+0.68

Rwanda

RWF

680.50

-0.66

Ghana

GHS

2.77

-14.41

BRVM

XOF

476.56

+0.76

Egypt

EGP

6.98

-0.58

Morocco

MAD

8.15

+0.40

Tunisia

TND

1.58

+3.52

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