Market Insight: December 05, 2012


African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.81
-8.17

Nigeria

NGN

157.10
+3.31

Kenya

KES

86.00
-1.08

Mauritius

MUR

30.75
-4.55

Botswana

BWP

7.93
+6.23

Tanzania

TZS

1602.50
-1.28

Uganda

UGX

2687.50
-7.72

Rwanda

RWF

630.17
-4.13

Ghana

GHS

1.89
-13.33

BRVM

XOF

503.29
+1.05

Egypt

EGP

6.11
-1.37

Morocco

MAD

8.51
+0.85

Tunisia

TND

1.56
-4.38

 

 

 

 

Africa

•  Uganda cuts benchmark rate ninth time this year to spur growth
•  Malawi raises interest rate to 6-year high to curb price growth
•  Ghana orders MTN to halt SIM sales over poor call quality

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.01%, $11.77mill
•  Nigeria cuts taxes on stocks, writes off brokers debt

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.16%, $6.2mill
•  Kenya Airways ordered to reinstate retrenched workers

Botswana

•  DCI -14bps, $2.44mill

Egypt

•  EGX30 +346bps, $62mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -10bps, $7.97mill

South Africa

•  Top40 -23bps, $1.13bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +116bps, $203k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +21bps, mining -262bps, $920k
 

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