Market Insight: Januray 28, 2012


Africa

•  South Sudan to start teak exports to cut dependence on oil
•  Ethiopian Premier Hailemariam elected as African Union chairman

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.44%, $38.89mill
•  Sanusi has defended record rates as inflation eases

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.12%, $2.8mill
•  The Shilling posted its worst week since May 2012 on election concerns

Botswana

•  DCI +89bps, $644k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -2bps, $65mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +9bps, $318k

South Africa

•  Top40 -21bps, $1.32bn

Zambia

•  LuSE unch, $2k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +3bps, mining unch, $1.08mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.96

-5.45

Nigeria

NGN

157.10

-0.61

Kenya

KES

87.45

-1.54

Mauritius

MUR

30.55

+0.33

Botswana

BWP

8.05

+3.38

Tanzania

TZS

1611.00

-1.61

Uganda

UGX

2675.00

+0.10

Rwanda

RWF

631.78

-0.05

Ghana

GHS

1.89

-0.69

BRVM

XOF

493.23

+2.05

Egypt

EGP

6.63

-4.01

Morocco

MAD

8.31

+1.76

Tunisia

TND

1.55

-0.22

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