Market Insight: June 26, 2012


African Currencies as at GMT 17:00

 
Country
Notation
Currency
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.5062
 
Nigeria
NGN
163.1475
 
Kenya
KES
84.09
 
Mauritius
MUR
30.675
 
Botswana
BWP
7.807
 
Tanzania
TZS
1578
 
Uganda
UGX
2470
 
Rwanda
RWF
610.6199
 
Ghana
GHS
1.9325
 
BRVM
XOF
528.30
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0564
 
Moroccan
MAD
8.8587
 
Tunisia
TND
1.5981

Africa

•  Moderate Rains in Ivory Coast’s Cocoa Regions Raise Crop Hopes
•  Ethiopia, China Communications Sign $1.5 Billion Rail Deal
•  Ugandans Feared Buried Alive After Landslides Hit Villages
•  Three Terror Groups in Africa Seeking to Coordinate, U.S. Says

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.17%, USD 8.5m
•  Nigeria’s Naira Strengthens on Bank’s Dollar Sales
•  Nigeria’s Amcon to Pick Advisers for Sale of Banks in July

Kenya

•  NSE 20 +0.56%, USD 2m
•  Kenya Airways Gets $1.9 Billion Afreximbank Loan for Planes
•  Kenyan Homemade Bomb Blast in Mombasa Kills One
•  Kenya’s Kibaki Throws Out Election Law Changes Before Poll

Botswana

•  DCI -0.49%, USD 457k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +7.59%, USD 87m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +0.49%, USD 1.7m

South Africa

•  ALSI -0.87%, USD 1.5bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -0.14%, USD 15k

Zimbabwe

•  Industrial Index -0.03%, Mining -5.73%, USD 2.1m
 

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