Market Insight: August 05, 2014


Africa

•  Ghana seeks emergency help from IMF as cedi crisis deepens
•  GE plans to invest $2bn into Africa by 2018

Nigeria

•  ASI -32bps, $30.5m
•  Crosses yet again dominate the market with chunky action in the likes of NB, GTB, Access and Seplat

Kenya

•  NSE20 +25bps, $5.5m
•  Quiet day in Nairobi with foreign investors quiet

Botswana

•  DCI +12bps, $1.27m

Egypt

•  EGX30 +1.31%, $103m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +8bps, $1.64m

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +11bps, $175k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.69

-1.92

Nigeria

NGN

161.00

-0.43

Kenya

KES

87.85

-1.76

Mauritius

MUR

30.55

-1.64

Botswana

BWP

8.86

-1.31

Tanzania

TZS

1661.00

-4.27

Uganda

UGX

2605.00

-2.99

Rwanda

RWF

690.02

-2.03

Ghana

GHS

3.71

-36.11

BRVM

XOF

491.72

-2.35

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.85

Morocco

MAD

8.32

-1.90

Tunisia

TND

1.71

-3.91

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