Market Insight: July 31, 2013


Africa

•  Ghana Central Bank may hold rate at 16% before Eurobond cash
•  Zimbabwean’s take to the polls today
•  E.U envoy urges conciliation in Egypt after meeting Mursi

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.65%, $21.54mill
•  Much improved day from an activity perspective
•  Consumers (+1.32%) led the market higher

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.07%, $6.9mill
•  Volumes also improved in Nairobi with EABL leading the charge
•  EABL released a profit warning after the close yesterday

Botswana

•  DCI -16bps, $32k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +76bps, $31mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex unch, $1.53mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +41bps, $1.24bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +18bps, $10k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +39bps, mining +200bps, $1.13mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.80

-13.59

Nigeria

NGN

160.85

-2.92

Kenya

KES

87.40

-1.49

Mauritius

MUR

30.75

-0.65

Botswana

BWP

8.49

+9.18

Tanzania

TZS

1620.00

-2.16

Uganda

UGX

2583.00

+3.67

Rwanda

RWF

650.50

-2.93

Ghana

GHS

2.06

-7.77

BRVM

XOF

497.11

+0.43

Egypt

EGP

7.00

-9.12

Morocco

MAD

8.42

+0.42

Tunisia

TND

1.64

-6.27

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