Market Insight: Januray 31, 2012


Africa

•  French troops control airport in Mali’s last major town
•  African Bank says loan growth flat as standards tightened

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.77%, $24.06mill
•  PZ Cussons rises to 18-month high of profit
•  Nigeria approves $1bn transfer from crude-oil savings

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.22%, $5.1mill
•  Shilling snaps four-day losing streak on Dollar inflows

Botswana

•  DCI +37bps, $614k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +147bps, $41mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +20bps, $3.36m

South Africa

•  Top40 -43bps, $1.57n

Zambia

•  LuSE +156bps, $100k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +177bps, mining +486bps, $1.17mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.07

-6.52

Nigeria

NGN

157.35

-0.76

Kenya

KES

87.70

-1.60

Mauritius

MUR

30.40

+0.49

Botswana

BWP

8.32

+3.17

Tanzania

TZS

1615.00

-1.86

Uganda

UGX

2660.00

+0.67

Rwanda

RWF

632.12

-0.10

Ghana

GHS

1.90

+0.18

BRVM

XOF

485.01

+2.94

Egypt

EGP

6.69

-4.822

Morocco

MAD

8.27

+2.34

Tunisia

TND

1.53

+0.85

contacts
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