Market Insight: February 06, 2012


Africa

•  Congo’s Gecamines says bigger Ivanplats stake not first priority
•  Zambia attracts African and Saudi firms for oil hunt partnerships
•  Zambia attracts African and Saudi firms for oil hunt partnerships
•  Mursi on defensive as Egypt police abuse claims stoke unrest

Nigeria

•  ASI +1.16%, $40.99mill
•  Banks on fire again yesterday from an activity and performance point of view with the Bank 10 index gaining 1.80%
•  The Naira climbed for a second day as oil companies sold Dollars

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.74%, $7.0mill
•  EABL lead activity yesterday as foreigners were prevalent on both sides of the name
•  IFC loans Kenya’s Housing Finance 1.7bn Shillings for green homes

Botswana

•  DCI +22bps, $128k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +81bps, $61mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +11bps, $2.94mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +15bps, $1.50bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +96bps, $452k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +10bps, mining unch, $4.86mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.84

-4.29

Nigeria

NGN

157.30

-0.73

Kenya

KES

87.60

-1.71

Mauritius

MUR

30.31

+0.79

Botswana

BWP

7.93

+1.90

Tanzania

TZS

1625.00

-2.46

Uganda

UGX

2676.50

+0.05

Rwanda

RWF

632.44

-0.16

Ghana

GHS

1.90

-0.05

BRVM

XOF

486.42

+2.65

Egypt

EGP

6.70

-5.06

Morocco

MAD

8.28

+2.23

Tunisia

TND

1.54

+0.63

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