Market Insight: March 20, 2013


Africa

•  Rwanda keeps policy rate unchanged after franc hits record low
•  Tanzania says oversubscribed bond sale shows demand for its debt

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.28%, $20.63m
•  A sluggish day interspersed with a couple of crosses spiking up turnover
•  Sanusi will not seek 2nd term as Central Bank governor

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.05%, $4.6m
•  AccessKenya would consider takeover bid if price is right
•  NMG FY profit rises by 25% as sales climb

Botswana

•  DCI +0.09%, $168k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -1.55%, $33m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -0.26%, $1.36m

South Africa

•  Top40 -0.07%, $2.98bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +2.98%, $35k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +0.38%, Mining unch, $1.08m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.27

-8.61

Nigeria

NGN

158.95

-1.76

Kenya

KES

85.50

+0.70

Mauritius

MUR

31.20

-2.08

Botswana

BWP

8.26

+6.11

Tanzania

TZS

1624.00

-2.40

Uganda

UGX

2640.00

+1.43

Rwanda

RWF

635.47

-0.63

Ghana

GHS

1.93

-1.69

BRVM

XOF

508.47

-1.82

Egypt

EGP

6.79

-6.33

Morocco

MAD

8.58

-1.45

Tunisia

TND

1.57

-1.68

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