Market Insight: June 27, 2012


African Currencies as at GMT 15:30

 
Country
Notation
Currency
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.4609
 
Nigeria
NGN
162.745
 
Kenya
KES
84.15
 
Mauritius
MUR
31
 
Botswana
BWP
7.8095
 
Tanzania
TZS
1579
 
Uganda
UGX
2470
 
Rwanda
RWF
611.1199
 
Ghana
GHS
1.9345
 
BRVM
XOF
528.7451
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0586
 
Morocco
MAD
8.8664
 
Tunisia
TND
1.597

Africa

•  Absa falls most in a decade on bad debts
•  Mauritius unemployment rate rose to 7.6%
•  Cameroon’s cocoa exports rise 39% in May
•  Somali , African Union soldiers capture Balad from Al-Shabaab

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.05%, USD 11.03m
•  Nigeria’s seeks $10bn buffer against global uncertainty
•  UACN Property falls to the lowest level in 5 years

Kenya

•  NSE 20 +0.34%, USD 3.8m
•  Shilling may weaken in second half on rate cut according to JPM
•  Diamond Trust rises to 1 year high on share sale

Botswana

•  DCI -0.18%, USD 137k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +2.89%, USD 85m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -0.33%, USD 1.5m

South Africa

•  ALSI +0.08%, USD 1.38bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +0.15%, USD 88k

Zimbabwe

•  Industrial Index +0.18%, Mining -3.12%, USD 2.8m
 

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