Market Insight: August 28, 2013


Africa

•  SocGen’s Ivorian unit seek wage boost after profit jump
•  Uganda needs two decades to reach middle-income level, bank says
•  Tanzania will forcibly repatriate undocumented immigrants

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.14%, $16.63mill
•  It was unfortunately another very quiet day in Lagos
•  First Bank released H1 2013 numbers

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.66%, $3.5mill
•  Not much to write home about in Nairobi with activity very dull

Botswana

•  DCI -0.21bps, $2.03mill

Egypt

•  EGX30 -204bps, $49mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -3bps, $1.15mill

South Africa

•  Top40 -47bps, $1.21bn

Zambia

•  N/A

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +15bps, mining unch, $2.6mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.41

-18.65

Nigeria

NGN

161.98

-3.60

Kenya

KES

87.45

-1.54

Mauritius

MUR

30.75

-0.65

Botswana

BWP

8.76

+12.55

Tanzania

TZS

1618.00

-2.04

Uganda

UGX

2582.00

+3.71

Rwanda

RWF

651.29

-3.19

Ghana

GHS

2.15

-11.42

BRVM

XOF

491.84

+1.48

Egypt

EGP

6.98

-8.83

Morocco

MAD

8.35

+1.30

Tunisia

TND

1.63

-5.26

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