Market Insight: November 06, 2013


Nigeria

•  ASI +31bps, $17.4m
•  Dull session with some crosses just before the close bumping up vols. Consumers (+39bps) still strong with Nestle (+2.09%) still a main driving force

Kenya

•  NSE20 -20bps, $5.7m
•  A drop in foreign participation dragged down overall volumes – most action in Safcom after their H1 results as the name closed down 50bps at KES 9.65
•  Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate unchanged at two-year low of 8.5%

Botswana

•  DCI +13bps, $2.66m

Egypt

•  Closed

Mauritius

•  Semdex +35bps, $1.34m

South Africa

•  Top40 +16bps, $1.24bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +2bps, Mining +78bps, $3.36m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.26

-17.44

Nigeria

NGN

158.65

-1.57

Kenya

KES

85.33

+0.90

Mauritius

MUR

30.90

-1.13

Botswana

BWP

8.65

+11.12

Tanzania

TZS

1608.00

-1.43

Uganda

UGX

2514.00

+6.56

Rwanda

RWF

671.77

-6.59

Ghana

GHS

2.23

-14.79

BRVM

XOF

48

+2.48

Egypt

EGP

6.88

-7.62

Morocco

MAD

8.32

+1.64

Tunisia

TND

1.66

-6.50

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