Market Insight: October 04, 2012


African Currencies

 
Country
Notation
Currency
YTD %
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.42
-4.02
 
Nigeria
NGN
157.1250
+3.29
 
Kenya
KES
84.80
+0.32
 
Mauritius
MUR
30.70
-4.40
 
Botswana
BWP
7.7520
+3.72
 
Tanzania
TZS
1587.00
+0.32
 
Uganda
UGX
2560.00
-3.13
 
Rwanda
RWF
623.4165
-3.09
 
Ghana
GHS
1.89
-13.25
 
BRVM
XOF
510.47
+0.33
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0950
-1.04
 
Morocco
MAD
8.6183
-0.32
 
Tunisia
TND
1.5722
-4.72

Africa

•  Angola, Kenya among African nations to raise debt, Moody’s
•  Zimbabwe said to plan first Treasury Bill auction since 2008
•  Ivory Coast cocoa output fell 2.3% in 2011-12 crop harvest

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.64%, USD 14.14mill
•  PZ Cussons released H1 numbers which saw PAT increase 50%
•  Nigerian State imposes daytime curfew after 25 students were killed

Kenya

•  NSE 20 +3.14%, USD 8.48mill
•  Extremely active day with a number of the blue chips contributing to activity
•  Kenya increased average government debt maturity period

Botswana

•  +0.22bps, $311k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +79bps, $46m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -19bps, $929k

South Africa

•  Top 40 -48bps, $1.41bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +5bps, $7k

Zimbabwe

•  Industrial Index +11bps, Mining Index -352bps, $277k
 

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