Market Insight: January 20, 2014


Nigeria

•  ASI +3bps, $27.3m
•  Block trades in ETI, Oando, FBNH and Zenith drove turnover as banks (+72bps) continue to rally

Kenya

•  NSE20 -5bps, $7m
•  Weakness into the close dragged the NSE20 down as foreign participation remains low

Botswana

•  DCI +7bps, $46k

South Africa

•  Top40 +6bps, $1.76bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -27bps, Mining +41bps, $1.82m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.84

-3.22

Nigeria

NGN

160.07

+0.14

Kenya

KES

85.96

+0.40

Mauritius

MUR

30.25

-0.66

Botswana

BWP

8.94

-2.06

Tanzania

TZS

1611.00

-1.30

Uganda

UGX

2496.25

+1.23

Rwanda

RWF

674.65

+0.20

Ghana

GHS

2.38

-0.42

BRVM

XOF

486.13

-1.23

Egypt

EGP

6.96

-0.19

Morocco

MAD

8.25

-0.94

Tunisia

TND

1.64

-0.07

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