Market Insight Archive
- 2013
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- October 31, 2013
- October 30, 2013
- October 29, 2013
- October 28, 2013
- October 25, 2013
- October 24, 2013
- October 23, 2013
- October 22, 2013
- October 21, 2013
- October 18, 2013
- October 17, 2013
- October 16, 2013
- October 15, 2013
- October 14, 2013
- October 11, 2013
- October 10, 2013
- October 09, 2013
- October 08, 2013
- October 07, 2013
- October 04, 2013
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Market Insight: October 03, 2013
Africa
• IMF and SARB becoming increasingly concerned over the continuing strike action
• Uganda holds benchmark interest rate unchanged at 12% as inflation uptick seen as temporary
• Ghana cocoa crop dropped 5% last year as bean prices rise
Nigeria
• ASI +0.88%, $30.6m
• Pick up in activity and buying returned to the banks (+1.49%) and consumers (+1.36%)
Kenya
• NSE20 +0.54%, $14.8m
• Foreign buying dominated the market yesterday with aggressive demand in EABL the most notable
• IMF says resilient Kenyan economy to withstand mall assault
Botswana
• DCI unch, $440k
Egypt
• EGX30 +29bps, $58m
Mauritius
• Semdex -0.14%, $2.45m
South Africa
• Top40 -2bps, $1.34bn
Zimbabwe
• Ind +1.20%, Mining unch, $5.3m
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
9.90 |
-14.42 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
161.44 |
-3.28 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
87.00 |
-1.03 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
31.15 |
-1.93 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
8.57 |
+10.12 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1615.00 |
-1.86 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2590.25 |
+3.38 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
655.44 |
-3.66 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
2.05 |
-7.10 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
505.07 |
-1.14 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
7.00 |
-9.12 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
8.53 |
-0.87 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.66 |
-6.64 |
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