Market Insight: Januray 23, 2012


Africa

•  Vodacom concerned over Tanzania’s planned 69% mobile fee cut

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.46%, $25.64m
•  Once again some block trades boots turnover significantly, profit taking on banks (BNK10 -1.55%)

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.22%, $5.4m
•  Low foreign participation in Nairobi as the index falls slightly

Botswana

•  DCI +0.01%, $61k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +0.70%, $57m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +0.22%, $1.4m

South Africa

•  Top40 -0.22%, $1.35bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +0.46%, $2.6k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +0.64%, Mining +2.34%, $1.52m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.85

-4.34

Nigeria

NGN

157.20

-0.67

Kenya

KES

87.40

-1.49

Mauritius

MUR

30.45

+0.33

Botswana

BWP

7.95

+2.23

Tanzania

TZS

1610.00

-1.55

Uganda

UGX

2677.50

+0.01

Rwanda

RWF

631.56

-0.02

Ghana

GHS

1.90

-0.26

BRVM

XOF

494.99

+0.87

Egypt

EGP

6.63

-4.04

Morocco

MAD

8.40

+0.76

Tunisia

TND

1.55

-0.34

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