Market Insight: October 11, 2013


Africa

•  EU allows Zimbabwe diamond exports to resume after sanctions lifted
•  Zimbabwe plans a fund to boost development of the mining industry

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.80%, $13.03mill
•  Not much on the go yesterday
•  Shell shuts key Nigeria oil pipeline after thieves puncture link

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.02%, $7.1mill
•  Profit taking in Safcom continued yesterday while the name drove activity once again

Botswana

•  DCI +5bps, $41k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +223bps, $90mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex unch, $1.7mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +133bps, $1.28bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +57bps, mining -149bps, $750k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.91

-14.48

Nigeria

NGN

160.74

-2.86

Kenya

KES

85.25

+1.00

Mauritius

MUR

30.50

+0.16

Botswana

BWP

8.52

+9.55

Tanzania

TZS

1609.50

-1.52

Uganda

UGX

2548.75

+5.06

Rwanda

RWF

670.97

-5.89

Ghana

GHS

2.19

-13.04

BRVM

XOF

487.39

+2.43

Egypt

EGP

6.89

-7.68

Morocco

MAD

8.28

+2.23

Tunisia

TND

1.64

-5.78

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