Market Insight: December 04, 2013


Africa

•  Ugandan Central Bank cuts key rate to 11.50%
•  Uganda’s debut 15-year bond seen fetching up to 20% yields

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.23%, $25.8mill
•  Much better day yesterday thanks to Zenith, GTB and Guinness
•  Nigeria’s soaring millionaires lure banks, New World Wealth says

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.07%, $9.83mill
•  Locals drove activity with chunky crosses in KNCB and EQBNK

Botswana

•  DCI -1bps, $1.48mill

Egypt

•  EGX30 -7bps, $40mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +36bps, $1.76mill

South Africa

•  Top40 -65bps, $1.48bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -6bps, mining +381bps, $6.1mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.34

-18.07

Nigeria

NGN

158.00

-1.17

Kenya

KES

86.65

-0.63

Mauritius

MUR

30.25

+0.99

Botswana

BWP

8.73

-12.19

Tanzania

TZS

1611.00

-1.63

Uganda

UGX

2527.50

+5.94

Rwanda

RWF

673.50

-6.24

Ghana

GHS

2.29

-17.02

BRVM

XOF

485.91

+2.75

Egypt

EGP

6.88

-7.60

Morocco

MAD

8.26

+2.41

Tunisia

TND

1.66

-7.15

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