Market Insight: January 27, 2014


Nigeria

•  ASI -10bps, $38.4m
•  Banking rollercoaster continues as banks shed 1.15% as investors still uncertain over the CRR rate announcement.

Kenya

•  NSE20 +54bps, $8.6m
•  Local buying in Safcom pushed the stock to record highs (+3.3%, 12.45)

Botswana

•  DCI +24bps, $231k

Egypt

•  Closed

Mauritius

•  Semdex -14bps, $1.7m

South Africa

•  Top40 -1.36%, $1.57bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -65bps, Mining +88bps, $1.88m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.11

-5.51

Nigeria

NGN

160.45

-0.09

Kenya

KES

85.90

+0.47

Mauritius

MUR

30.35

-0.99

Botswana

BWP

9.02

-3.15

Tanzania

TZS

1620.00

-1.85

Uganda

UGX

2477.00

+2.02

Rwanda

RWF

674.18

+0.27

Ghana

GHS

2.41

-1.66

BRVM

XOF

482.78

-0.54

Egypt

EGP

6.96

-0.21

Morocco

MAD

8.21

-0.35

Tunisia

TND

1.62

+1.27

contacts
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