• Mozambique Central Bank cuts benchmark rate for 3rd time in five months to 13.5% to boost economy
• Bank of Ghana raises benchmark lending rate for second time in 3 months to 14.5%
• Mauritius tourist arrivals rise 0.6% in March
• Barclays Bank Uganda full-year profit more than doubles after it reduced bad loans and boosted customer deposits
• South Sudan inflation rises to 50.9% in March on high food costs
• ASI -1bp, $14.04mill
• MEND says that the rebel group will mount “sustained strikes on all pipelines and facilities remotely related to the Nigerian oil industry”
• Nigerian inflation data due out on Wed 18 April. Inflation in Feb unexpectedly slowed to 11.9%
• NSE20 +6bps, $7.25mill
• DCI +3bps, $220k
• Please remember Egypt closed again today due to Easter celebrations
• Semdex +7bps, $1.37mill
• Top40 -48bps, $1.4bn
• -3bps, $531k
• Ind -16bps, Mining unch, $1.67mill