Market Insight: October 10, 2013


Nigeria

•  ASI +0.96%, $14.89m
•  Strong buying in select stocks pushed the ASI higher. Zenith (+4.54%, N21.17) the main driver behind the banks (+1.18%) while consumers relatively unchanged

Kenya

•  NSE20 +31bps, $9.1m
•  Profit taking in the blue chips after the strong rally, Safcom (-3.2%), KCB (-1%) and Equity Bank (-2.7%) while mid-cap stocks strong thus pushing the NSE20 higher

Botswana

•  DCI +8bps, $3.18m

Egypt

•  EGX30 +83bps, $51m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +30bps, $1.49m

South Africa

•  Top40 -1.22%, $1.4bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind unch, Mining -1.97%, $869k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.01

-14.94

Nigeria

NGN

160.25

-2.22

Kenya

KES

85.45

+1.47

Mauritius

MUR

30.35

+0.10

Botswana

BWP

8.53

+9.09

Tanzania

TZS

1610.00

-1.55

Uganda

UGX

2540.00

+5.30

Rwanda

RWF

670.00

-5.82

Ghana

GHS

2.19

-13.04

BRVM

XOF

488.42

+2.75

Egypt

EGP

6.89

-7.66

Morocco

MAD

8.29

+2.48

Tunisia

TND

1.65

-5.61

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