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Market Insight: August 31, 2012
African Currencies
|
Country
|
Notation
|
Currency
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
South Africa
|
ZAR
|
8.39
|
|
|
Nigeria
|
NGN
|
158.00
|
|
|
Kenya
|
KES
|
84.35
|
|
|
Mauritius
|
MUR
|
30.45
|
|
|
Botswana
|
BWP
|
7.761
|
|
|
Tanzania
|
TZS
|
1571.00
|
|
|
Uganda
|
UGX
|
2510.00
|
|
|
Rwanda
|
RWF
|
614.3657
|
|
|
Ghana
|
GHS
|
1.9315
|
|
|
BRVM
|
XOF
|
522.93
|
|
|
Egypt
|
EGP
|
6.1028
|
|
|
Morocco
|
MAD
|
8.79
|
|
|
Tunisia
|
TND
|
1.59
|
Africa
• South Africa posts biggest monthly budget gap of $6.8bn
• South Sudan expects oil deal with Sudan to be signed by September
• Zambian inflation accelerates to 6.4% in August
• Ghana’s Tema oil refinery to start in 3 weeks
• Tanzania to levy capital gains tax on proposed Barrick sale
• Ehypt to detain former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq if her returns home
Nigeria
• ASI +14bps, $14.6mill
• Guaranty Trust Bank released H1 2012 results with PAT increasing 64.74%
• China’s Export-Import Bank to lend Nigeria $1bn
Kenya
• NSE20 -8bps, $2.33mill
• CIC Insurance released H1 2012 results which saw profit decrease 12% as costs and claims increase
Botswana
• DCI +1bps, $60k
Egypt
• EGX30 +45bps, $109mill
Mauritius
• Semdex -8bps, $1.7mill
South Africa
• Top40 -128bps, $1.29bn
Zambia
• LuSE -61bps, $190k
Zimbabwe
• Ind +31bps, Mining unch, $690k
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