Market Insight: May 07, 2013


Africa

•  Zimbabwe proposes state control of metal sales
•  Central African Republic rebels wanted more coups, Zuma says

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.08%, $15.77mill
•  Very slow day yesterday with foreigners absent as a result of the U.K bank holiday

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.52%, $9.1mill
•  Kenya may resume cutting rates to support economic growth
•  Equity Bank of Kenya Q1 2013 profit jumps 22% as lending rates riser

Botswana

•  DCI +7bps, $133k

Egypt

•  Closed

Mauritius

•  Semdex -2bps, $708k

South Africa

•  Top40 +67bps, $1.10bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +90bps, $80k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +193bps, mining unch, $200k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.01

-6.02

Nigeria

NGN

157.90

-1.11

Kenya

KES

83.71

+2.86

Mauritius

MUR

30.95

-1.29

Botswana

BWP

8.11

+4.19

Tanzania

TZS

1628.00

-2.64

Uganda

UGX

2560.00

+4.60

Rwanda

RWF

650.50

-2.93

Ghana

GHS

1.97

-3.70

BRVM

XOF

504.59

-1.04

Egypt

EGP

6.94

-8.36

Morocco

MAD

8.53

+0.69

Tunisia

TND

1.62

-4.67

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