Market Insight: November 21, 2013


Nigeria

•  ASI +1.46%, $23.1m
•  Aggressive buyers returned in the banks (+56bps) and consumers (+1.03%)
• Nedbank plans to exercise option on Ecobank Transnational in deal valued at more than $500m

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.57%, $6m
•  Trading activity still dominated by local investors
•  Co-op Kenya Q3 results shows increase of 17% in net income

Botswana

•  DCI +5bps, $124k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +1.41%, $110m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +5bps, $1.22m

South Africa

•  Top40 +18bps, $2.59bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +16bps, Mining +3.07%, $2.22m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.07

-15.82

Nigeria

NGN

159.00

-1.79

Kenya

KES

86.20

-0.12

Mauritius

MUR

30.50

+0.16

Botswana

BWP

8.58

-9.46

Tanzania

TZS

1605.00

-1.25

Uganda

UGX

2530.00

+5.84

Rwanda

RWF

673.50

-6.24

Ghana

GHS

2.26

-15.98

BRVM

XOF

489.07

+2.03

Egypt

EGP

6.88

-7.63

Morocco

MAD

8.30

+1.87

Tunisia

TND

1.67

-7.30

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