Market Insight: August 20, 2012


African Currencies as at approximately GMT 16:30

 
Country
Notation
Currency
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.2215
 
Nigeria
NGN
157.80
 
Kenya
KES
84.12
 
Mauritius
MUR
30.60
 
Botswana
BWP
7.6894
 
Tanzania
TZS
1571.00
 
Uganda
UGX
2490.00
 
Rwanda
RWF
613.4700
 
Ghana
GHS
1.9412
 
BRVM
XOF
528.0300
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0841
 
Morocco
MAD
8.8560
 
Tunisia
TND
1.6015

Please note that due to the EID holidays today almost all African markets are shut.

Africa

•  Ghana mining revenue rises by 19% from previous year to $2.76bn

Nigeria

•  ASI +32bps, $8.82mill. Nigeria closed Monday and Tuesday
•  Inflation little changed at 12.8% as price pressures ease

Kenya

•  NSE20 +25bps, $5.18mill. Kenya closed on Monday

Botswana

•  DCI +15bps, $0.4k

Egypt

•  Closed

Mauritius

•  Semdex -37bps, $1.33mill

South Africa

•  Top40 -51bps, $1.51bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -58bps, $11k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +77bps, mining unch, $579k
 

contacts
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