Market Insight: August 20, 2014


Africa

•  Air Cote D’Ivoire to increase fleet to ten from four by 2018
•  Shoprite shifts investment focus to Africa as profits slow

Nigeria

•  ASI +107bps, $22.4mill
•  Better day thanks to crosses in Zenith ($4.91m)

Kenya

•  NSE20 +59bps, $14.6mill
•  A large local cross in BATK boosted activity yesterday

Botswana

•  DCI +8bps, $770k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +85bps, $116mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +15bps, $4.83mill

Zimbabwe

•  Ind unch, $1.85mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.60

-1.03

Nigeria

NGN

162.10

-1.11

Kenya

KES

88.30

-2.27

Mauritius

MUR

30.65

-1.96

Botswana

BWP

8.84

-1.18

Tanzania

TZS

1666.00

-4.56

Uganda

UGX

2612.50

-3.27

Rwanda

RWF

691.38

-2.22

Ghana

GHS

3.87

-38.75

BRVM

XOF

495.53

-3.10

Egypt

EGP

7.14

-2.82

Morocco

MAD

8.39

-2.49

Tunisia

TND

1.72

-4.52

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