Market Insight: November 18, 2013


Nigeria

•  ASI +0.29%, $17.13m
•  A dull end to a dull week in Lagos as foreign investors largely absent

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.25%, $6.3m
•  NSE touches highest level in 2 years as local investors push the small cap stocks higher
•  Kenya and Kuwait sign agreement to avoid double taxation which should boost trade between the 2 countries

Botswana

•  DCI -6bps, $706k

Egypt

•  Closed

Mauritius

•  Semdex +76bps, $1.44m

South Africa

•  Top40 +57bps, $1.57bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +53bps, Mining -13bps, $1.61m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.16

-16.58

Nigeria

NGN

159.30

-1.98

Kenya

KES

86.45

-0.40

Mauritius

MUR

30.60

-0.16

Botswana

BWP

8.62

+10.78

Tanzania

TZS

1608.00

-1.43

Uganda

UGX

2517.50

+6.36

Rwanda

RWF

635.48

-0.63

Ghana

GHS

2.23

-14.75

BRVM

XOF

486.02

+2.72

Egypt

EGP

6.88

-7.56

Morocco

MAD

8.31

+1.82

Tunisia

TND

1.67

-6.82

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