Market Insight: June 13, 2013


Africa

•  Ghana inflation rate surges for a fourth month to 10.9% in May

Nigeria

•  ASI -2.75%, $53.29m
•  Active day in Lagos. A strong start but profit takers came in during the second half of the session particularly in banks (-1.99%) and consumers (-2.64%)

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.49%, $5.3m
•  Quieter day in Nairobi as local and foreign investors remain quiet
•  Auto Dealer CMC receives takeover approach

Botswana

•  DCI -0.06%, $402k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -5.17%, $47m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -0.02%, $1.02m

South Africa

•  Top40 +0.41%, $1.6bn

Zambia

•  LuSE unch, $103k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -0.86%, Mining unch, $3.94m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.00

-15.31

Nigeria

NGN

160.00

-2.41

Kenya

KES

85.45

+0.76

Mauritius

MUR

30.85

-0.97

Botswana

BWP

8.55

+9.88

Tanzania

TZS

1640.00

-3.35

Uganda

UGX

2590.00

+3.39

Rwanda

RWF

648.88

-2.69

Ghana

GHS

2.00

-5.13

BRVM

XOF

494.18

+1.01

Egypt

EGP

6.99

-8.96

Morocco

MAD

8.38

+0.95

Tunisia

TND

1.62

-4.38

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