Market Insight: December 13, 2012


African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.68
-6.80

Nigeria

NGN

157.75
+2.88

Kenya

KES

86.10
-1.20

Mauritius

MUR

30.83
-4.79

Botswana

BWP

7.88
+5.40

Tanzania

TZS

1597.00
-.94

Uganda

UGX

2680.00
-7.46

Rwanda

RWF

630.79
-4.23

Ghana

GHS

1.89
-13.32

BRVM

XOF

506.21
+0.51

Egypt

EGP

6.16
-2.10

Morocco

MAD

8.55
+0.49

Tunisia

TND

1.57
-4.53

 

 

 

 

Africa

•  South African inflation rate unchanged at 5.6%
•  Namibia’s Central Bank keeps benchmark rate unchanged at 5.5%
•  Zambia seeks partners to operate rail network

Nigeria

•  ASI +1.72%, $25.08mill
•  Much better day yesterday as foreigners returned to the market
•  The move higher was driven by banking stocks with the Bank10 Index gaining 1.92%

Kenya

•  The market was closed yesterday for a public holiday

Botswana

•  DCI +2bps, $45k

Egypt

•  EGX30 283bps, $76mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +10bps, $621k

South Africa

•  Top40 +51bps, $1.6bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -31bps, $10k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -24bps, mining unch, $1.92mill
 

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