Market Insight: March 27, 2013


Africa

•  Central African Rebels plan to renew government, hold vote
•  Zambia’s Banda says he is being persecuted with court charges
•  Congolese war crimes suspect Ntanganda denies charges at hague

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.11%, $23.6mill
•  A large cross in Cadbury drove activity, with things otherwise rather quiet

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.54%, $5.1mill
•  Activity slowed down yesterday with a lack of real conviction from investors

Botswana

•  DCI +24bps, $4.4mill

Egypt

•  EGX30 -195bps, $33mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +43bps, $2.16mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +61bps, $1.61bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -193bps, $312k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -105bps, mining -358bps, $930k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.24

-8.38

Nigeria

NGN

158.35

-1.39

Kenya

KES

85.95

+0.17

Mauritius

MUR

31.10

-1.77

Botswana

BWP

8.26

+6.11

Tanzania

TZS

1609.32

-1.51

Uganda

UGX

2610.00

+2.60

Rwanda

RWF

635.59

-0.65

Ghana

GHS

1.93

-1.65

BRVM

XOF

511.92

-2.50

Egypt

EGP

6.79

-6.37

Morocco

MAD

8.62

-1.98

Tunisia

TND

1.59

-2.34

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