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Market Insight: August 07, 2013
Africa
• Zimbabwe plans to seize foreign-owned mines without paying compensation while they will seize banks by paying compensation as part of program to accumulate $7bn of assets
• Rwanda inflation rate may rise un July/August as food prices rise
• Zimbabwe to act against Duration Gold on black-ownership laws
Nigeria
• ASI -0.32%, $22.89m
• Tier 1 banks strong while Tier 2 banks fell off. Losses in NB and PZ pulled down the consumer sector (-62bps)
• IFC to expand investments in Nigeria by 25% to $2bn by next yeat
Kenya
• NSE20 -0.01%, $4.4m
• After an early cross in EABL the rest of the session was fairly quiet as foreign participation dropped slightly
• Kenya Central Bank says the weak shilling can benefit economy
Botswana
• DCI -0.01%, $44k
Egypt
• EGX30 +0.19%, $53m
Mauritius
• Semdex +0.29%, $775k
South Africa
• Top40 -0.55%, $1.19bn
Zambia
• LuSE -0.84%, $22k
Zimbabwe
• Ind -1.72%, Mining -4.09%, $2.69m
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
9.90 |
-14.43 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
159.60 |
-2.16 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
87.30 |
-1.37 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
30.96 |
-1.32 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
8.54 |
+9.74 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1621.00 |
-2.22 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2572.75 |
+4.08 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
642.00 |
-1.64 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
2.06 |
-7.77 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
495.00 |
+0.86 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
6.99 |
-9.03 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
8.39 |
+0.75 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.65 |
-6.00 |
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