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Market Insight: May 13, 2014
Africa
• FirstRand looking to establish Ghana banking operation and also looking at Angola and Kenya
• IFC plans to issue as much as Rwf15bn of 5 year bonds
• IMF says Swaziland growth rose by 2.75% in 2013
• Ethiopian consumer price growth accelerates to 9.1% in April
Nigeria
• ASI +2bps, $25.17m
• News out that NB and Consolidated Breweries looking to merge pushed NB higher by 1.35% with rest of banks and consumers broadly unchanged
• Wema Bank to raise $250m of debt funding as it seeks to increase consumer loans
Kenya
• NSE20 +29bps, $6.5m
• Generally dull day ahead of Safcom FY14 Results which came out after the market closed
Botswana
• DCI +6bps, $1.18m
Egypt
• EGX30 +21bps, $66m
Mauritius
• Semdex +8bps, $850k
Zimbabwe
• Ind -35bps, Mining unch, $672k
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
10.37 |
+1.13 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
161.56 |
-0.78 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
87.10 |
-0.92 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
30.05 |
-0.92 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
8.67 |
-0.81 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1649.00 |
-3.58 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2523.00 |
+0.16 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
682.79 |
-0.99 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
2.89 |
-18.03 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
479.51 |
+0.14 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.05 |
-1.48 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
8.16 |
+0.23 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.61 |
+1.79 |
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