• S&P cuts Egypt credit rating citing plunge in foreign reserves and persistent political instability
• Zambian Dec copper exports falls 7% to 79,354 tons
• ASI -2bps, $8.59mill. Quiet day to end the week in Lagos
• NSE20 +11bps, $1.23mill
• NSE expecting 5 new listings in 2012
• DCI +1bp, $107k
• Semdex -1bp, $622k
• Top40 -1.27%, $1.47bn
• LuSE -5bps, $944k
• Ind +83bps, Mining unch, $636k