Market Insight: February 08, 2013


Africa

•  Zambia Central Bank plans to sell USD in efforts to boost kwacha
•  Mauritius tourism revenue grew 4% in 2012

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.72%, $24.9m
•  Profit taking particularly in the banks (BNK10 -2.77%) as all banking names close in the red

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.85%, $24.6m
•  Most active day in Nairobi in a long time as big volumes change hands, foreign cross in ARML the biggest contributor

Botswana

•  DCI +0.23%, $711k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +0.21%, $51m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +0.05%, $1.3m

South Africa

•  Top40 +0.31%, $1.17bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +0.92%, $4.9k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -0.37%, Mining +1.06%, $2.72m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.88

-4.62

Nigeria

NGN

157.35

-0.76

Kenya

KES

87.65

-1.77

Mauritius

MUR

30.35

+0.66

Botswana

BWP

8.00

+2.80

Tanzania

TZS

1615.00

-1.86

Uganda

UGX

2655.00

+0.86

Rwanda

RWF

632.66

-0.19

Ghana

GHS

1.90

-0.16

BRVM

XOF

491.18

+2.64

Egypt

EGP

6.70

-5.14

Morocco

MAD

8.34

+1.34

Tunisia

TND

1.55

+0.10

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