Market Insight: February 04, 2012


Africa

•  Ghana’s Terper plans bon sales, more taxes to fund deficit
•  Zambia railways to sign cooperation pact with Transnet
•  Gecamines of Congo may seek partner to develop copper sites

Nigeria

•  ASI +1.76%, $21.88mill
•  Dangote Cement reopens Nigeria’s Gboko plant as demand rises

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.09%, $12.2mill
•  Extremely active session on Friday thanks to a large cross in Safcom

Botswana

•  DCI +19bps, $230k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +156bps, $64mill

Mauritius

•  Closed last Friday

South Africa

•  Top40 +6bps, $2.08bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +19bps, $180k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +147bps, mining unch, $3.94mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.79
-7.92

Nigeria

NGN

157.42
+3.10

Kenya

KES

85.95
-1.02

Mauritius

MUR

31.00
-5.32

Botswana

BWP

7.93
+6.23

Tanzania

TZS

1601.50
-1.22

Uganda

UGX

2690.00
-7.81

Rwanda

RWF

629.60
-4.04

Ghana

GHS

1.90
-14.09

BRVM

XOF

507.45
-0.27

Egypt

EGP

6.11
-1.33

Morocco

MAD

8.57
-0.18

Tunisia

TND

1.57
-4.67

 

 

 

 

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