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Market Insight: May 16, 2014
Africa
• Zambian Kwacha falls in world’s worst retreat on Dollar drive
• Mozambique gold-mine collapse kills at least 8 illegal laborers
• Ivory Coast said to sell 1.15m tons of Cocoa from 2014-15
Nigeria
• ASI -46bps, $27.7mill
• Crosses in FBNH ($4.48m) and Zenith ($4.20m) drove activity
• Banks continued to rally with the Index gaining +0.73%
Kenya
• NSE20 +40bps, $20.4mill
• Foreign participation in EQBNK and EABL drove proceedings
• Kenya to sell Eurobond by August as debt payment extended
Botswana
• DCI +32bps, $745k
Egypt
• EGX30 +102bps, $182mill
Mauritius
• Semdex +15bps, $1.73mill
Zimbabwe
• Ind -74bps, $471k
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
10.39 |
+0.93 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
162.50 |
-1.35 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
87.40 |
-1.26 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
30.15 |
-0.33 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
8.68 |
+0.70 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1650.00 |
-3.64 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2535.00 |
-0.32 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
684.26 |
-1.21 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
2.89 |
-18.03 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
481.78 |
-0.29 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.11 |
-2.33 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
8.19 |
-0.17 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.62 |
+1.38 |
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