• SA furniture and appliance dealer JD Group to open Zambian store and targets Ghana and Mozambique within 18 months
• Ghana cuts 2012 budget deficit forecast to 4.4% as government revenue increases and spending reined in
• Impala says it hasn’t received any notification on Mimosa Platinum from Zimbabwe
• ASI +14bps, $17.4mill. Active day in Nigeria, led by banks +66bps.
• Annual inflation rate rises to 12.6% in Jan after fuel subsidy reductions
• Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala says increased terror attacks fail to deter investors
• NSE20 -20bps, $1.7mill. Sluggish day in Nairobi with a cross in KenolKobil just before the close bumping up vols.
• Pan Africa Insurance announces FY11 results, profit down 25% as value of investments in stocks and bonds drops
• DCI +17bps, $672k
• EGX30 +77bps, $141mill
• Was closed yesterday, reopen today
• Top40 +7bps, $1.09bn
• LuSE -64bps, $16k
• Ind -9bps, Mining +1.72%, $615k