Market Insight: August 13, 2013


Africa

•  Uganda Securities Exchange names new acting CEO

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.59%, $19.7m
•  Profit taking in the banks (-1.6%) and consumers (-32bps) dragged the ASI down

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.26%, $2.7m
•  Dull day all round in Nairobi
•  Walmart’s Africa unit Massmart considering acquisition in Kenya

Botswana

•  DCI +0.12%, $155k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +0.39%, $71m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +0.04%, $438k

South Africa

•  Top40 +2.03%, $1.68bn

Zambia

•  N/A

Zimbabwe

•  LuSE +0.46%, $40k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.83

-13.83

Nigeria

NGN

160.60

-2.77

Kenya

KES

87.80

-1.94

Mauritius

MUR

30.79

-0.80

Botswana

BWP

8.49

+9.09

Tanzania

TZS

1621.00

-2.22

Uganda

UGX

2570.00

+4.13

Rwanda

RWF

645.75

-2.21

Ghana

GHS

2.09

-8.88

BRVM

XOF

495.40

+0.79

Egypt

EGP

6.98

-8.94

Morocco

MAD

8.40

+0.69

Tunisia

TND

1.65

-6.10

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