Market Insight: May 02, 2013


Africa

•  South Sudan quadruples revenue collection amid austerity budget
•  Uganda inflation slows to year’s lowest (3.4% in April) after food prices fell

Nigeria

•  ASI +1.26%, $24.71mill
•  First Bank released disappointing FY12 numbers with the name falling 6.42% on Tuesday

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.04%, $6.9mill
•  Inflation for April was little changed at 4.14%

Botswana

•  DCI unch, $1.73mill

Egypt

•  EGX30 -5bps, $30mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +32bps, $985k

South Africa

•  Top40 -86bps, $1.75bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +45bps, $39k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +1bps, mining unch, $760k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.98

-5.67

Nigeria

NGN

158.02

-1.19

Kenya

KES

83.80

+2.74

Mauritius

MUR

31.05

-1.61

Botswana

BWP

8.08

+3.84

Tanzania

TZS

1628.00

-2.64

Uganda

UGX

2589.00

+3.43

Rwanda

RWF

630.00

+0.23

Ghana

GHS

1.97

-3.55

BRVM

XOF

500.00

-0.18

Egypt

EGP

6.93

-8.26

Morocco

MAD

8.46

+0.08

Tunisia

TND

1.60

-3.28

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