Market Insight: November 28, 2013


Africa

•  Ghana’s Central Bank holds benchmark interest rate at 16%
•  South African court orders probe of Zimbabwe torture allegations

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.09%, $29.77mill
•  Large crosses in Zenith and Nestle drove activity yesterday

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.78%, $8.5mill
•  Local investors drove activity yesterday
•  Kenya postpones renewable energy drive to reduce power costs

Botswana

•  DCI +3bps, $9k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -64bps, $64mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -10bps, $957k

South Africa

•  Top40 +147bps, $1.31bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -16bps, mining unch, $2.82mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.23

-17.16

Nigeria

NGN

158.85

-1.70

Kenya

KES

87.00

-1.03

Mauritius

MUR

30.45

+0.33

Botswana

BWP

8.63

-9.69

Tanzania

TZS

1611.00

-1.61

Uganda

UGX

2522.50

+6.15

Rwanda

RWF

673.50

-6.24

Ghana

GHS

2.27

-16.92

BRVM

XOF

486.16

+2.70

Egypt

EGP

6.88

-7.62

Morocco

MAD

8.26

+2.40

Tunisia

TND

1.67

-7.11

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