Market Insight: December 12, 2013


Africa

•  South African inflation falls to a 15-month low of 5.3%
•  Ghana November consumer prices rise 13.2%
•  Namibia State Company builds facility for return to fuel market
•  Mozambique central bank keeps benchmark interest rate at 8.25%

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.30%, $18.28mill
•  Very slow day yesterday with no major crosses

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.62%, $8.7mill
•  Safcom drove activity yesterday with foreigners net sellers in the telco

Botswana

•  DCI +1bps, $8k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +42bps, $44mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +22bps, $1.54m

South Africa

•  Top40 -50bps, $1.32bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -31bps, mining -182bps, $1.04mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.38

-18.41

Nigeria

NGN

158.30

-1.36

Kenya

KES

86.50

-0.46

Mauritius

MUR

30.20

+1.16

Botswana

BWP

8.69

-10.56

Tanzania

TZS

1607.00

-1.37

Uganda

UGX

2519.94

+6.26

Rwanda

RWF

667.04

-5.33

Ghana

GHS

2.30

-17.38

BRVM

XOF

478.71

+4.29

Egypt

EGP

6.88

-7.59

Morocco

MAD

8.16

+3.57

Tunisia

TND

1.66

-6.74

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