Market Insight: May 19, 2014


Nigeria

•  ASI +17bps, $23.5m
•  Profit taking in the banks (-1.77%) after a good run while consumers grind higher (+52bps)

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.24%, $4.78mill
•  Deputy Chief Justice Baraza resigns after assault findings

Botswana

•  DCI +1bp, $530k

Egypt

•  Closed

Mauritius

•  Semdex +49bps, $1.52m

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +61bps, $1.7m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.36

+1.26

Nigeria

NGN

162.30

-1.23

Kenya

KES

87.55

-1.43

Mauritius

MUR

30.20

-0.50

Botswana

BWP

8.66

+0.74

Tanzania

TZS

1651.00

-3.69

Uganda

UGX

2525.32

+0.07

Rwanda

RWF

685.40

-1.37

Ghana

GHS

2.95

-19.63

BRVM

XOF

481.28

-0.22

Egypt

EGP

7.11

-2.31

Morocco

MAD

8.19

-0.06

Tunisia

TND

1.62

+1.35

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