Market Insight: January 17, 2014


Nigeria

•  ASI +31bps, $24.4m
•  Dull day with a couple of crosses livening up the session with demand in banks (+77bps) and consumers (+36bps) remains strong
•  Nigeria to launch mortgage finance company in effort to address housing deficit

Kenya

•  NSE20 -74bps, $6.6m
•  Foreign participation drops off and drags down index

Botswana

•  DCI +3bps, $89k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -76bps, $108m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +17bps, $1.18m

South Africa

•  Top40 +71bps, $1.43bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -1bp, Mining -1.15%, $580k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.92

-3.98

Nigeria

NGN

159.35

+0.60

Kenya

KES

85.76

+0.63

Mauritius

MUR

30.35

-0.99

Botswana

BWP

8.96

-2.45

Tanzania

TZS

1612.50

-1.40

Uganda

UGX

2498.00

+1.16

Rwanda

RWF

677.51

-0.22

Ghana

GHS

2.38

-0.21

BRVM

XOF

485.11

-1.03

Egypt

EGP

6.96

-0.21

Morocco

MAD

8.25

-0.79

Tunisia

TND

1.64

-0.22

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