Market Insight: July 17, 2015

Nigeria

•  ASI +25bps, $14.2mill
•  Nothing on the go yesterday

Market closed today and Monday for the Eid celebrations.

Kenya

•  NSE20 -30bps, $8.6mill
•  Crosses in some of the big names dominated proceedings

The market opened the session with foreign investors mainly net buyers with participation at about. Though price remains unchanged at KES 54, KCB has recorded the highest volumes (1.1m) bolstered by foreign investor buying. Equity Bank and Barclays Bank are trailing having moved 179,400 and 517,900 shares respectively. Top gainers list is dominated by small caps on small volumes. Oil marketers, Total and Kenolkobil haveNotched2.3% and 1% higher respectively on local investor trading. Most insurance companies are in the red with CIC Insurance heading the pack, down 6% on local investor trading.

Botswana

•  DCI +17bps, $997k

Mauritius

•  Semdex -1bps, $550k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -62bps, $323k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

12.37

-6.51

Nigeria

NGN

198.90

-7.77

Kenya

KES

102.58

-11.61

Mauritius

MUR

35.47

-10.50

Botswana

BWP

10.03

-5.38

Tanzania

TZS

2155.00

-19.58

Uganda

UGX

3323.00

-16.61

Rwanda

RWF

741.22

-6.94

Ghana

GHS

3.39

-5.23

BRVM

XOF

603.82

-10.20

Egypt

EGP

7.82

-8.56

Morocco

MAD

9.86

-7.95

Tunisia

TND

1.97

-5.42

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