Market Insight: March 25, 2013


Africa

•  Angola restores rail to Africa Copperbelt after 40-year halt
•  Egyptians clash near Brotherhood office in Cairo
•  Mursi vows to crack down on “outlaws” to protect Egypt

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.32%, $19.28mill
•  Banking stocks came under pressure again with the Bank10 Index falling 1.12%

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.11%, $4.3mill
•  Quiet session on Friday with most foreign participants absent

Botswana

•  DCI +201bps, $863k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +60bps, $29mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -32bps, $980k

South Africa

•  Top40 -82bps, $1.62bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +35bps, $287k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -38bps, mining -140bps, $2.33mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.34

-9.24

Nigeria

NGN

158.25

-1.33

Kenya

KES

85.80

+0.29

Mauritius

MUR

31.10

-1.77

Botswana

BWP

8.29

+6.56

Tanzania

TZS

1617.00

-1.98

Uganda

UGX

2675.00

+1.79

Rwanda

RWF

635.82

-0.69

Ghana

GHS

1.94

-1.83

BRVM

XOF

508.47

-1.69

Egypt

EGP

6.79

-6.40

Morocco

MAD

8.55

-1.31

Tunisia

TND

1.57

-1.76

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