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Market Insight: August 28, 2012
African Currencies
|
Country
|
Notation
|
Currency
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
South Africa
|
ZAR
|
8.4018
|
|
|
Nigeria
|
NGN
|
158.20
|
|
|
Kenya
|
KES
|
84.20
|
|
|
Mauritius
|
MUR
|
30.45
|
|
|
Botswana
|
BWP
|
7.7670
|
|
|
Tanzania
|
TZS
|
1572.00
|
|
|
Uganda
|
UGX
|
2500.00
|
|
|
Rwanda
|
RWF
|
614.0432
|
|
|
Ghana
|
GHS
|
1.9310
|
|
|
BRVM
|
XOF
|
524.22
|
|
|
Egypt
|
EGP
|
6.0856
|
|
|
Morocco
|
MAD
|
8.8036
|
|
|
Tunisia
|
TND
|
1.6019
|
Africa
• Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and BRVM bourses plan to set up common rules by 2014 in effort to open way for trading across these markets
• Mauritius Statistics Agency cuts 2012 trade deficit forecast to Rs81bn (v Rs85bn)
• Guinea lowers 2012 inflation target to 12%
Nigeria
• ASI +39bps, $15.1mill. yet again banks drive both performance and volumes with UBA, GTB, FCMB, Skye and IBTCCB all gaining more than 1%
• Presidency in talks with Boko Haram militants to find ways to end Islamist insurgency
Kenya
• NSE20 +32bps, $2.2mill
• Centum begins private sale of KES5bn ($60mill) 5-year bonds
Botswana
• DCI -81bps, $77k
Egypt
• EGX30 +75bps, $104mill
Mauritius
• Semdex -66bps, $4.07mill. Another big cross in Rogers ramping up volumes
South Africa
• Top40 +29bps, $620mill
Zambia
• LuSE +76bps, $63k
Zimbabwe
• Ind -39bps, Mining unch, $288k
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