Market Insight: August 15, 2014


Africa

•  Ebola threatens West Africa GDP as companies slow production
•  Uganda central bank leaves benchmark rate unchanged

Nigeria

•  ASI -1bps, $13.9mill
•  Absolutely dire yesterday from an activity point of view

Kenya

• NSE20 +18bps, $6.6mill
•  Better day yesterday but still nothing to write home about as local continue to dominate

Botswana

•  DCI +17bps, $323k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +106bps, $126mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +15bps, $1.87mill

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +31bps, $2.92mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.54

-0.48

Nigeria

NGN

162.33

-1.25

Kenya

KES

88.10

-2.04

Mauritius

MUR

30.61

-1.83

Botswana

BWP

8.81

-0.96

Tanzania

TZS

1660.00

-4.22

Uganda

UGX

2615.00

-3.37

Rwanda

RWF

690.00

-2.03

Ghana

GHS

3.86

-38.47

BRVM

XOF

492.89

-2.60

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.84

Morocco

MAD

8.36

-2.12

Tunisia

TND

1.71

-3.83

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