Market Insight: July 21, 2014


Africa

•  Zambian mines shelve $1.5bn of investments as tax dispute threatens jobs and output

Nigeria

•  ASI -6bps, $20m
•  Uneventful end to the week

Kenya

•  NSE20 -6bps, $6.6m
•  Quiet end to the week in Nairobi
•  Danone buys 40% of Bookside Dairy to expand African footprint

Botswana

•  DCI +8bps, $42k

Egypt

•  Closed

Mauritius

•  Semdex +31bps, $2.4m

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +24bps, $1.2m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.68

-1.82

Nigeria

NGN

161.83

-0.95

Kenya

KES

87.90

-1.82

Mauritius

MUR

30.38

-1.09

Botswana

BWP

8.83

+1.08

Tanzania

TZS

1663.00

-4.39

Uganda

UGX

2617.00

-3.44

Rwanda

RWF

677.20

-0.18

Ghana

GHS

3.48

-31.75

BRVM

XOF

488.50

-1.71

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.84

Morocco

MAD

8.29

-1.34

Tunisia

TND

1.72

-4.70

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