Market Insight: January 23, 2014


Africa

•  Zambian ruling party candidate Lungu leads presidential vote
•  Ugandas Shilling gains to pare 2015 loss as central bank intervenes

Nigeria

•  ASI -24bps, $12.9mill
•  A dire day with nothing to report

Kenya

•  NSE20 +25bps, $4.6mill
•  Activity continues to underwhelm

Botswana

•  DCI -3bps, $572k

Mauritius

•  Semdex -39bps, $1.54mill

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +64bps, $1.95mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.46

+0.90

Nigeria

NGN

191.04

-3.97

Kenya

KES

91.65

-1.15

Mauritius

MUR

32.40

-2.01

Botswana

BWP

9.55

-0.38

Tanzania

TZS

1831.50

-5.38

Uganda

UGX

2895.00

-4.28

Rwanda

RWF

690.44

-0.09

Ghana

GHS

3.26

-1.45

BRVM

XOF

574.29

-5.57

Egypt

EGP

7.39

-3.32

Morocco

MAD

9.46

-4.09

Tunisia

TND

1.92

-3.14

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