Market Insight: February 20, 2014


Africa

•  Zambia central bank calls emergency meeting as Kwacha slumps
•  Namibia’s economy expanded 4.8% in 2013, finance minister says
•  Zimbabwe corruption drive highlights Mugabe succession race

Nigeria

•  ASI +1.09%, $23.7mill
•  Banks (+1.99%) managed to bounce yesterday

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.23%, $9.8mill
•  An increase in foreign activity helped boost turnover yesterday

Botswana

•  DCI -13bps, $185k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +155bps, $166mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +27bps, $870k

South Africa

•  Top40 +78bps, $1.56bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +34bps, mining unch, $3.66mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.91

-3.93

Nigeria

NGN

163.90

-2.20

Kenya

KES

86.10

+0.23

Mauritius

MUR

30.05

unch

Botswana

BWP

8.95

-2.32

Tanzania

TZS

1630.00

-2.45

Uganda

UGX

2455.50

+2.91

Rwanda

RWF

681.51

-0.81

Ghana

GHS

2.55

-6.86

BRVM

XOF

479.71

+0.05

Egypt

EGP

6.96

-0.22

Morocco

MAD

8.17

+0.06

Tunisia

TND

1.57

+4.15

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