Market Insight: January 30, 2014


Africa

•  Rio tells staff Zimbabwe taxes may force gem mine closure
•  Ivory Coast to raise at least $1bn in second Eurobond sale

Nigeria

•  ASI -89bps, $25.2mill
•  Banks (-2.19%) and Consumers (-1.08%) came under pressure

Kenya

•  NSE20 -25bps, $6.9mill
•  Foreigners dominated proceedings

Botswana

•  DCI +1bps, $312k

Mauritius

•  Semdex -20bps, $3.2mill

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +9bps, $293k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.53

+0.26

Nigeria

NGN

189.52

-3.21

Kenya

KES

91.70

-1.20

Mauritius

MUR

32.70

-2.91

Botswana

BWP

9.65

-1.52

Tanzania

TZS

1814.50

-4.49

Uganda

UGX

2860.00

-3.11

Rwanda

RWF

701.02

-1.60

Ghana

GHS

3.33

-3.52

BRVM

XOF

581.75

-6.81

Egypt

EGP

7.59

-5.80

Morocco

MAD

9.55

-5.01

Tunisia

TND

1.93

-3.55

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