Market Insight: November 16, 2012


African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.93

-9.44

Nigeria

NGN

157.90

+2.79

Kenya

KES

85.60

-0.62

Mauritius

MUR

30.95

-5.17

Botswana

BWP

8.02

+7.38

Tanzania

TZS

1597.00

-0.94

Uganda

UGX

2612.50

-5.07

Rwanda

RWF

628.82

-3.92

Ghana

GHS

1.88

-12.83

BRVM

XOF

515.00

-1.21

Egypt

EGP

6.10

-1.12

Morocco

MAD

8.67

-1.02

Tunisia

TND

1.58

-5.68

 

 

 

 

Africa

•  • Botswana inflation rate unchanged at 7.1% in October
•  • Uganda’s second wave of Ebola virus since August kills three

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.04%, $12.63mill
•  Rather quiet session yesterday with most foreign participants absent
•  Nigeria faces prolonged fuel shortages on import disruptions

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.07%, $4.95mill
•  SCBL released results which saw PAT increase 66.29%
•  Q3 producer price inflation fell 0.51% from previous quarter

Botswana

•  DCI +32bps, $81k

Egypt

•  Closed for a public holiday yesterday

Mauritius

•  Semdex +4bps, $2.3m

South Africa

•  Top40 -60bps, $1.49bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +117bps, $327k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -42bps, mining -239bps, $1.5mill
 

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