Market Insight: February 05, 2014


Africa

•  Ghana Stock Exchange rally continues as GSE Composite Index reaches record high
•  Uganda Central Bank leaves benchmark rate unchanged at 11.5%

Nigeria

•  ASI -73bps, $27.83m
•  Banking rally comes to an abrupt halt (-2%) while consumers manage to inch higher (+13bps)

Kenya

•  NSE20 +1.15%, $9.2m
•  Bullish locals come back in the blue chips, EqBnk +2.5%, KNCB +3.5%, EABL +2.3%, Safcom +1.3%

Botswana

•  DCI +13bps, $6.96m

Egypt

•  EGX30 -1.64%, $109m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -69bps, $2m

South Africa

•  Top40 -1.20%, $2.09bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +64bps, Mining -4.25%, $3.06m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.13

-5.75

Nigeria

NGN

162.70

-1.48

Kenya

KES

86.35

-.06

Mauritius

MUR

30.45

-1.31

Botswana

BWP

9.07

-3.32

Tanzania

TZS

1623.00

-2.03

Uganda

UGX

2477.85

+1.98

Rwanda

RWF

677.51

-0.22

Ghana

GHS

2.46

-3.50

BRVM

XOF

488.75

-1.75

Egypt

EGP

6.96

-0.19

Morocco

MAD

8.30

-1.42

Tunisia

TND

1.60

+2.30

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