Market Insight: May 29, 2013


Africa

•  Ethiopia refuses to cooperate with World Bank funding probe into relocations to thousands to make way for agricultural investors

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.07%, $27.84m
•  A couple of crosses spiced up an otherwise quiet day in Lagos
•  Please note that the NSE is closed today for a public holiday

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.30%, $3m
•  Dull day as foreign participants largely absent
•  Kenya hit by nationwide power failure caused by faulty transmission lines

Botswana

•  DCI +0.03%, $5m

Egypt

•  EGX30 +1.66%, $26m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -0.12%, $519k

South Africa

•  Top40 +1.44%, $1.54bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +0.31%, $44k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +0.17%, Mining +0.23%, $1.5m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.77

-13.27

Nigeria

NGN

158.40

-1.42

Kenya

KES

85.20

+1.06

Mauritius

MUR

31.20

-2.08

Botswana

BWP

8.53

+9.65

Tanzania

TZS

1630.00

-2.76

Uganda

UGX

2598.00

+3.07

Rwanda

RWF

640.97

-1.48

Ghana

GHS

1.99

-4.56

BRVM

XOF

512.33

-2.59

Egypt

EGP

6.98

-8.88

Morocco

MAD

8.63

-1.99

Tunisia

TND

1.65

-6.06

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