Market Insight: November 19, 2012


African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.89
-9.04

Nigeria

NGN

158.50
+2.40

Kenya

KES

85.35
-0.33

Mauritius

MUR

31.20
-5.93

Botswana

BWP

8.00
+7.12

Tanzania

TZS

1597.50
-0.97

Uganda

UGX

2608.00
-4.91

Rwanda

RWF

628.90
-3.94

Ghana

GHS

1.88
-12.86

BRVM

XOF

518.90
-1.91

Egypt

EGP

6.10
-1.13

Morocco

MAD

8.73
-1.60

Tunisia

TND

1.59
-6.08

Africa

•  Gabon Prime Minister Ndong Sima says growth may reach 10% in 2013
•  Zimbabwe looking to seize Tongaat Hulett farmland and cancel operating license
•  Sierra Leone votes in 3rd election since end of civil war

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.17%, $7.14m
•  Painfully dull day to end the week in Lagos while BNK10 increases by 48bps
•  Sanusi says food inflation accelerated due to flooding

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.11%, $5.54m
•  Foreign participants highly involved in Safcom while large cross in NMG boosts turnover

Botswana

•  DCI +0.05bps, $582k

Egypt

•  Closed on Friday

Mauritius

•  Semdex +0.09%, $1.82m

South Africa

•  Top40 -0.71%, $1.14bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -0.53%, $21k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -0.23%, Mining -8.6%, $1.3m
 

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