Market Insight: August 22, 2012


African Currencies as at approximately GMT 16:30

 
Country
Notation
Currency
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.3095
 
Nigeria
NGN
157.50
 
Kenya
KES
83.80
 
Mauritius
MUR
30.3750
 
Botswana
BWP
7.7460
 
Tanzania
TZS
1576.00
 
Uganda
UGX
2500.00
 
Rwanda
RWF
613.5588
 
Ghana
GHS
1.9415
 
BRVM
XOF
526.1335
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0937
 
Morocco
MAD
8.8692
 
Tunisia
TND
1.6040

Africa

•  Shoprite plans Angolan warehouse in African distribution drive
•  Mugabe said to delay referendum as he fears losing election

Nigeria: Closed for the day yesterday

Kenya

•  NSE20 -15bps, $4.0mill
•  EABL and KNCB completely dominated activity yesterday

Botswana

•  DCI +19bps, $77k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +30bps, $49mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +2bps, $415k

South Africa

•  Top40 +106bps, $1.44bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -12bps, $15k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -84bps, Mining unch, $655k
 

contacts
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