Market Insight: November 20, 2012


African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.82
-8.36

Nigeria

NGN

157.90
+2.79

Kenya

KES

85.70
-0.74

Mauritius

MUR

31.05
-5.48

Botswana

BWP

7.96
+6.61

Tanzania

TZS

1595.00
-0.82

Uganda

UGX

2617.50
-5.25

Rwanda

RWF

629.01
-3.96

Ghana

GHS

1.88
-13.18

BRVM

XOF

513.00
-0.82

Egypt

EGP

6.10
-1.12

Morocco

MAD

8.68
-1.06

Tunisia

TND

1.58
-5.84

 

 

 

 

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.51%, $13.88m
•  Low activity levels persist across the board
•  Economy grows at 6.5% for quarter ending Sept (up from 6.4%) as country pumps more oil
•  Inflation rate rises for first time in 4 months in Oct to 11.7% as floods wash away farms and food stores

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.19%, $5.81m
•  Safcom yet again driving turnover while MSUG closes up 3.6% at KES5.75

Botswana

•  DCI +0.24%, $4.2m

Egypt

•  EGX30 -1.18%, $66m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -0.20%, $320k

South Africa

•  Top40 +1.25%, $1.11bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +0.18%, $111k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -0.35%, Mining -0.53%, $2.76m
 

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