Market Insight: April 30, 2013


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Africa

•  Namibia to sell 49% stake in $1.1bn gas power plant
•  Mozambique’s Central Bank lowers 2013 growth forecast to 7%
•  Zimbabwe to take Impala Platinum unit land even as talks proceed

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.25%, $17.23mill
•  Another rather dull day yesterday
•  FCMB released disappointing FY 2012 numbers with the counter falling 8.51%

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.47%, $3.38mill
•  Quiet day yesterday as profit taking continues

Botswana

•  DCI +17bps, $451k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -63bps, $27mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +39bps, $807k

South Africa

•  Top40 -18bps, $1.94bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +134bps, $351k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +37bps, mining +138bps, $1.75mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.98

-5.64

Nigeria

NGN

157.95

-1.14

Kenya

KES

83.85

+2.68

Mauritius

MUR

31.05

-1.61

Botswana

BWP

8.09

+3.97

Tanzania

TZS

1628.00

-2.64

Uganda

UGX

2615.00

+2.40

Rwanda

RWF

631.00

-0.07

Ghana

GHS

1.97

-3.57

BRVM

XOF

503.10

-0.76

Egypt

EGP

6.93

-8.22

Morocco

MAD

8.50

-0.51

Tunisia

TND

1.60

-3.39

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