Market Insight: February 12, 2013


Africa

•  Zimbabwe see 21% rise in tobacco sales as growers switch
•  Malawi fuel prices increase as much as 16%, regulator says
•  Egyptians rally against Mursi on anniversary of Mubarak ouster

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.60%, $27.18mill
•  Consumer stocks put in a good performance with the likes of Cadbury and PZ gaining 4.99% and 9.99% respectively
•  Guinness released H1 2013 results with turnover increasing 4.52%

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.49%, $5.8mill
•  EABL very active with foreigners prevalent on both sides of the name

Botswana

•  DCI -1bps, $15k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -34bps, $40mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +31bps, $1.71mill

South Africa

•  Top40 -18bps, $1.1bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +98bps, $46k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -47bps, mining unch, $1.33mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.91

-4.96

Nigeria

NGN

157.25

-0.70

Kenya

KES

87.38

-1.46

Mauritius

MUR

30.55

+0.16

Botswana

BWP

8.01

+3.01

Tanzania

TZS

1620.00

-2.16

Uganda

UGX

2655.00

+0.86

Rwanda

RWF

632.87

-0.22

Ghana

GHS

1.90

-0.11

BRVM

XOF

492.54

+1.34

Egypt

EGP

6.71

-5.27

Morocco

MAD

8.36

+1.14

Tunisia

TND

1.55

+0.39

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