Market Insight: July 17, 2013


Africa

•  Zambia looks to build $410mill oil refinery in effort to lower costs

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.44%, $28.16m
•  Large cross in normally liquid stock Transcorp spiked up vols on an otherwise quiet day. Consumers once again in demand with strength across the sector

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.85%, $6.8m
•  Crossing in ARML the main focus of the day while foreign participation remains high

Botswana

•  Closed

Egypt

•  EGX30 +0.85%, $47m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +0.15%, $453k

South Africa

•  Top40 +0.97%, $1.23bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +0.62%, $54k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +0.92%, Mining unch, $5.39m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.83

-13.88

Nigeria

NGN

161.20

-3.13

Kenya

KES

86.90

-0.92

Mauritius

MUR

31.15

-1.93

Botswana

BWP

8.47

+8.84

Tanzania

TZS

1619.00

-2.10

Uganda

UGX

2609.54

+2.61

Rwanda

RWF

639.25

-1.22

Ghana

GHS

2.04

-6.70

BRVM

XOF

500.43

-0.24

Egypt

EGP

7.00

-9.11

Morocco

MAD

8.48

-0.27

Tunisia

TND

1.65

-6.23

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