Market Insight: December 11, 2012


African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.69
-7.03

Nigeria

NGN

157.10
+3.31

Kenya

KES

86.90
-0.97

Mauritius

MUR

30.90
-5.02

Botswana

BWP

7.89
+5.60

Tanzania

TZS

1600.00
-1.13

Uganda

UGX

2692.50
-7.89

Rwanda

RWF

630.66
-4.20

Ghana

GHS

1.89
-13.34

BRVM

XOF

509.99
-0.19

Egypt

EGP

6.14
-1.87

Morocco

MAD

8.60
-0.19

Tunisia

TND

1.56
-4.38

 

 

 

 

Africa

•  Rwandan inflation slowed to 4.55% in November
•  Ghana’s Mahama gets narrow win as opposition contests vote
•  Ghana Eurobond yield drops 7th day on Mahama win
•  Egyptian activists warn of violence amid rallies over charter

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.58%, $13.75mill
•  Nigeria’s budget deficit rises to 4.4% of GDP

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.69%, $1.90mill
•  Absolutely dire day in Nairobi from an activity point of view with nothing much to write home about

Botswana

•  DCI -15bps, $65k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -150bps, $38mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +13bps, $815k

South Africa

•  Top40 +49bps, $1.31bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +150bps, $4.8k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -40bps, mining unch, $409k
 

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