Market Insight: February 02, 2012


Africa

•  Botswana to post budget surplus as state keeps spending in check
•  Nampak, SA packaging company, plans to double earnings from African business throughout 2012

Nigeria

•  ASI -8bps, $9.65mill. Some activity in Guinness (-2.17%) while Firstbank closed limit up again
• Sanusi says bank under no pressure to devalue naira
• Security forces arrest militant Islamist spokesman Qaqa

Kenya

•  NSE20 -20bps, $1.5mill.
•  As expected, Central Bank keeps key lending rate unch at 18% to support shilling and ensure inflation rate keeps dropping

Botswana

• DCI -2bps, $164k

Egypt

• EGX30 +86bps, $76mill

Mauritius

• Market is closed

South Africa

• Top40 +1.13%, $1.83bn

Zambia

• LuSE -29bps, $769k

Zimbabwe

• Ind +6bps, Mining -2.39%, $1.4mill
 

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