Market Insight: November 05, 2012

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.75

-7.58

Nigeria

NGN

156.80

+3.51

Kenya

KES

85.50

-0.50

Mauritius

MUR

30.75

-4.55

Botswana

BWP

7.91

+5.86

Tanzania

TZS

1598.00

-1.00

Uganda

UGX

2575.00

-3.69

Rwanda

RWF

627.61

-3.74

Ghana

GHS

1.88

-13.14

BRVM

XOF

513.08

-0.83

Egypt

EGP

6.10

-1.15

Morocco

MAD

8.65

-0.62

Tunisia

TND

1.58

-5.22

Africa

•  Zimbabwe Finance Minister Biti says 2012 growth estimate cut from 5.6% to 4%
•  Zimbabwe will offer to sell $30mill of 91-day t-bills on 6 Nov after completing first successful sale of securities since 2008
•  Ghana forecasts 76% in cotton output in 2012-13 season

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.17%, $9.59m, extremely dull day to end the first week of November

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.18%, $6.9m
•  Another very active day in Kenya although foreign participants noticeably quieter

Botswana

•  DCI -0.31%, $21k

Egypt

•  Closed on Friday

Mauritius

•  Closed on Friday due to public holiday

South Africa

•  Top40 +0.82%, $1.48bn

Zambia

•  LuSE unch, $12k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -0.23%, Mining -5.72%, $600k
 

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