Market Insight: June 19, 2012


African Currencies as at GMT 15:30

 

African Currencies as at GMT 15:30

 
Country
Notation
Currency
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.3617
 
Nigeria
NGN
162.7275
 
Kenya
KES
84.33
 
Mauritius
MUR
30.1
 
Botswana
BWP
7.758
 
Tanzania
TZS
1583
 
Uganda
UGX
2485
 
Rwanda
RWF
603.5027
 
Ghana
GHS
1.9275
 
BRVM
XOF
521.4492
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0498
 
Moroccan
MAD
8.8038
 
Tunisia
TND
1.5905

Africa

•  Sudan devalues Pound, removes fuel subsidy to help economy
•  Uganda’s Bujagali power plant reaches full production capacity
•  Malawi’s tobacco price rises 2.9% to $2.45
•  Remittances to increase to $24bn, World Bank says

Nigeria

•  ASI -74bps, $7.33m
•  Exceptionally dull day in Lagos
•  Islamist group claims church attacks

Kenya

•  NSE20 +32bps, $1.24mill
•  Very quiet yesterday with most foreign participants absent

Botswana

•  DCI +21bps, $460k

Egypt

•  EGX 30 -342bps, $35m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -11bps, $210k

South Africa

•  Top40 +159bps, $1.50bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +57bps, $28k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +77bps, Mining unch, $1.6m
 

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