Market Insight: August 08, 2012


African Currencies as at approximately GMT 16:30

 
Country
Notation
Currency
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.1402
 
Nigeria
NGN
161.6500
 
Kenya
KES
83.95
 
Mauritius
MUR
30.85
 
Botswana
BWP
7.6658
 
Tanzania
TZS
1575.00
 
Uganda
UGX
2480.00
 
Rwanda
RWF
613.3691
 
Ghana
GHS
1.9555
 
BRVM
XOF
530.3101
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0775
 
Morocco
MAD
8.8919
 
Tunisia
TND
1.6079

Africa

•  AfDB planning to create $22bn bond to finance infrastructure projects on the continent
•  Benin plans $728mill project in efforts to boost tourism

Nigeria

•  ASI -11bps, $18mill

Kenya

•  NSE20 -38bps, $1.68mill
•  Central Bank Governor Ndung’u says Kenyan banks should lower lending rates further as operating costs continue to decrease

Botswana

•  DCI +23bps, $78k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +55bps, $56mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +9bps, $550k

South Africa

•  Top40 +10bps, $1.22bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -6bps, $360k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +54bps, Mining -90bps, $1.4mill
 

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