Market Insight: July 17, 2012


African Currencies as at GMT 15:30

 
Country
Notation
Currency
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.27174
 
Nigeria
NGN
161.245
 
Kenya
KES
84.13
 
Mauritius
MUR
31.25
 
Botswana
BWP
7.7042
 
Tanzania
TZS
1585
 
Uganda
UGX
2467.50
 
Rwanda
RWF
612.9924
 
Ghana
GHS
1.955
 
BRVM
XOF
536.7651
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0647
 
Morocco
MAD
8.9754
 
Tunisia
TND
1.6208

Africa

•  Mozambique sugar output rose 24% in H1
•  Fan Milk of Ghana posts31% increase in H1 profits

Nigeria

•  ASI +1.07%, $8.4mill
•  Nigeria’s first female Chief Justice Mukhtar assumes office

Kenya

•  NSE20 +13bps, $2.4mill
•  Co-Op Bank to cut base lending rates from 1 Aug

Botswana

•  Holiday. Market still closed today

Egypt

•  EGX30 +46bps, $44mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +3bps, $1.5mill

South Africa

•  ALSI -19bps, $900mill

Zambia

•  LuSE -42bps, $2.8k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -18bps, Mining +6.09%, $757k
 

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