Market Insight: March 07, 2013


Africa

•  The Central Bank of West African States cuts lending rates to 3.75% as political conflict in Mali curbs growth
•  Zimbabwe says it wont compensate Impala for Zimplats stake

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.16%, $22.95m

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.29%, $4.8m
•  Kenyatta leads presidential race as delays over tallying concern investors

Botswana

•  DCI +0.11%, $4k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +0.42%, $55m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +0.55%, $1.73m

South Africa

•  Top40 -0.38%, $1.76bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -0.18%, $56k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +0.93%, Mining -0.04%, $5.31m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.09

-6.82

Nigeria

NGN

158.05

-1.20

Kenya

KES

86.75

-0.75

Mauritius

MUR

31.00

-1.45

Botswana

BWP

8.15

+4.77

Tanzania

TZS

1623.35

-2.36

Uganda

UGX

2655.00

+0.86

Rwanda

RWF

634.23

-0.44

Ghana

GHS

1.91

-0.55

BRVM

XOF

507.07

-1.55

Egypt

EGP

6.75

-5.73

Morocco

MAD

8.56

-1.15

Tunisia

TND

1.58

-2.09

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