Market Insight: August 17, 2012


African Currencies

 
Country
Notation
Currency
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.2211
 
Nigeria
NGN
156.95
 
Kenya
KES
84.10
 
Mauritius
MUR
30.55
 
Botswana
BWP
7.7071
 
Tanzania
TZS
1573.00
 
Uganda
UGX
2482.50
 
Rwanda
RWF
613.4700
 
Ghana
GHS
1.9385
 
BRVM
XOF
530.5808
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0756
 
Morocco
MAD
8.9269
 
Tunisia
TND
1.6124

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE EID HOLIDAYS, KENYA WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY WHILE NIGERIA WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY

Africa

•  China in talks to acquire Barrick stake in Africa gold miner

Nigeria

•  ASI -17bps, $7.81mill.
•  Lots of talk around Nigerian bonds to be included in JPM Emerging indices from 1 Oct

Kenya

•  NSE20 +9bps, $1.3mill

Botswana

•  DCI +1bp, $569k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +85bps, $75mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -20bps, $1.23mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +65bps, $1.16bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +36bps, $84k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -62bps, Mining unch, $3.1mill
 

contacts
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