Market Insight: October 11, 2012


African Currencies

 
Country
Notation
Currency
YTD %
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.6955
-6.96
 
Nigeria
NGN
157.1750
+3.26
 
Kenya
KES
85.10
-0.04
 
Mauritius
MUR
30.85
-4.86
 
Botswana
BWP
7.8896
+5.56
 
Tanzania
TZS
1574.00
+0.51
 
Uganda
UGX
2595.00
-4.43
 
Rwanda
RWF
624.6021
-3.28
 
Ghana
GHS
1.8885
-13.19
 
BRVM
XOF
510.80
-0.42
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0936
-1.02
 
Morocco
MAD
8.6222
-0.34
 
Tunisia
TND
1.5750
-4.89

Africa

•  Actis raises $278m to fund real estate projects in Ghana and Kenya
•  Ghana’s inflation rate drops for first time since February
•  Tanzania’s benchmark coffee rises for first time in three weeks

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.62%, USD 25.16mill
•  Jonathan proposes $31bn Nigeria budget, energy bond

Kenya

•  NSE 20 -0.01%, USD 4.40mill
•  Shilling slides to nine-day low as importers buy Dollars

Botswana

•  DCI +3bps, $362k

Egypt

•  EGX 30 +339bps, $94m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +10bps, $5.9m

South Africa

•  Top 40 +21bps, $1.80bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -13bps, $15k

Zimbabwe

•  Industrial Index +106bps, Mining Index -147bps, $1.4m
 

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