Market Insight: October 12, 2012


African Currencies

 
Country
Notation
Currency
YTD %
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.7032
-7.01
 
Nigeria
NGN
157.20
+3.24
 
Kenya
KES
85.28
-0.24
 
Mauritius
MUR
31.00
-5.32
 
Botswana
BWP
7.8771
+5.40
 
Tanzania
TZS
1575.00
+0.44
 
Uganda
UGX
2605.00
-4.80
 
Rwanda
RWF
624.7395
-3.30
 
Ghana
GHS
1.8925
-13.37
 
BRVM
XOF
509.4500
-0.11
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0997
-1.11
 
Morocco
MAD
8.5990
-0.12
 
Tunisia
TND
1.5700
-4.58

Africa

•  - Areva postpones start of $1bn Trekkopje mine in Namibia
•  - Tanzania, Canada conclude talks on protecting foreign investment

Nigeria

•  - ASI +1.35%, USD 30.39mill
•  - Nigeria gain is Zimbabwe’s loss as farmer aids Cassava drive
•  - Dangote Flour released H1 2012 number which saw PAT fall 558.79%

Kenya

•  - NSE 20 +0.35%, USD 4.57mill
•  Annan says panel deeply concerned by Kenya pre-poll violence

Botswana

•  Market closed yesterday due to system errors.

Egypt

•  EGX 30 +28bps, $84m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -13bps, $1.62m

South Africa

•  Top 40 +107bps, $1.51bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -4bps, $40k

Zimbabwe

•  Industrial Index +23bps, Mining Index +71bps, $786k
 

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