Market Insight: July 06, 2012


African Currencies as at GMT 15:30

 
Country
Notation
Currency
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.1251
 
Nigeria
NGN
162.0508
 
Kenya
KES
84.30
 
Mauritius
MUR
30.55
 
Botswana
BWP
7.657
 
Tanzania
TZS
1580
 
Uganda
UGX
2466.93
 
Rwanda
RWF
612.4558
 
Ghana
GHS
1.9475
 
BRVM
XOF
532.2002
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0539
 
Morocco
MAD
8.9091
 
Tunisia
TND
1.6138

Africa

•  Ghana to invest $20bn in oil with Tullow, Anadarko
•  Uganda coffee exports climb to season’s record on peak harvest
•  Zimbabwe tobacco crop forecast cut to 130m kilograms
•  Egyptians test new President with demands for equality

Nigeria

•  ASI +54bps, $9.64mill •  Nigerian President nominates first women as chief justice

Kenya

•  NSE20 +9bps, $3.04mill
•  BATK H1 2012 net profit increases 20.6%
•  Central Bank cuts the CBR by 150bps to 16.5%

Botswana

•  DCI +10bps, $313k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +70bps, $66mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -3bps, $248k

South Africa

•  Top40 +50bps, $1.48bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +26bps, $21k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +50bps, Mining +148bps, $1.87mill
 

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