Market Insight: June 05, 2013


Nigeria

•  ASI +1.77%, $29.66m
•  Bulls push banks (+88bps) and Consumers (+2.37%) higher as foreign demand continues in these sectors
•  Moodys says that AMCONs plan to retire 1/3 of its $35bn bonds and refinance the rest by 2014 will boost the country’s creditworthiness

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.03%, $23.1m
•  Massive day in Kenya as EABL and Safcom witness foreign action on both sides
•  Microsoft plans to establish research and innovation hub in Kenya

Botswana

•  DCI +0.28%, $896k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -1.57%, $38m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +0.20%, $791k

South Africa

•  Top40 -0.47%, $1.5bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -1.45%, $115k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +0.71%, Mining -2.74%, $1.4m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.86

-14.09

Nigeria

NGN

158.15

-1.26

Kenya

KES

85.20

+1.06

Mauritius

MUR

31.10

-1.77

Botswana

BWP

8.56

+9.97

Tanzania

TZS

1634.00

-3.00

Uganda

UGX

2608.20

+2.67

Rwanda

RWF

640.87

-1.47

Ghana

GHS

2.00

-4.77

BRVM

XOF

503.43

-0.83

Egypt

EGP

6.98

-8.89

Morocco

MAD

8.52

-0.61

Tunisia

TND

1.64

-5.35

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